Sandbagging is a technique often used to mitigate the risk of failure, to aim for something less than what is possible to help ensure we don’t fall short of our expectations. I learned the term years ago in my first sales job, when the annual budget I’d submitted was viewed as much too conservative. I was told to stop “sandbagging” and shore up my numbers… read more
We may be certain of a place we want to go, but even when our destination is clearly within sight, it requires conscious diligence to reach our desired endpoint. I used to tell with a healthy dose of self-deprecation the story of how I got lost on the Great Wall of China, but I recognized only recently that this story has been a glaring metaphor… read more
When I set out to get serious about this "writing thing" a year ago, I didn't know where I was headed or what would come of it. I knew only with certainty that the pull of my heart and Soul had grown so strong that I no longer could resist as I'd done for all of my life up to that point. Having breathed life… read more
