Adjust your sails

Adjust your sails

It would have been pretty tempting to do some complaining aboard the Ruby May, the 39-foot sailboat that my beloved wife Launda Wheatley and I called home for two months. The Atlantic crossing brought our crew of four individuals wind, sunburn, rain and a fire onboard...
Daily choice

Daily choice

“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row,...
This too shall pass

This too shall pass

David and Launda Wheatley spent roughly two months training and then crossing the Atlantic with two friends on a 39-foot sailboat. See more about this amazing adventure on their blog. Among the many lessons learned through the joys and occasional adversity: This too...
Essentialism

Essentialism

Humanergy’s word for 2015 is “essentialism.” This is the disciplined pursuit of less, as described in Greg McKeown’s book of the same name. No, we’re not working less intensely or getting less done. We’re simply focusing our...
I’m just that way

I’m just that way

Humanergy’s Lance Satterthwaite recently facilitated a training with supervisors on emotional intelligence and MBTI. This session, summed up in a sentence: “We all have different innate personalities and tendencies, and we need to figure out how best to...
How to stop

How to stop

A participant in Humanergy’s supervisory leadership courses asked a great question. He’d just learned about Stop, Think and Choose as a tool to make good choices. But how do you stop yourself from reacting when someone or something pushes your buttons? ...