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Strengths Chat – Jeannie Lindheim

Jim Seybert — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:52 +0000

Jeannie has taught acting for 30 years and ran her own theater school for 13 years. She is currently director of the Jeannie Lindheim Center for Creativity.

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Blurring the line between Wants and Needs

Jim Seybert — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:20:30 +0000

Nearly everything you do involves a choice. With the exception of breathing and eating, there are very few non-negotiable activities. You can even make choices about what you eat and where you breathe. So, on a micro level, you are positioned more frequently than you realize to "get what you want."

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Strengths Chat – Nat Williams

Jim Seybert — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:17 +0000

Dr. Williams heads a multi-million dollar organization and says he is "the worst person to make decisions" related to the work of his company. He is doing what he loves because a Catholic nun gave him a bicycle when he was a boy and it changed his life.

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Strengths Chat – Dale Brunner

Jim Seybert — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:00:13 +0000

My guest this week on Strengths Chat is Dale Brunner, co-author of three books that help people discover and manage their own personal energy flow.

I was attracted to the books because they all have the words “Surfing Rainbows” in their title. Dale has had a successful real estate career and has always been

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Strengths Chat – Denise Altman

Jim Seybert — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:00:21 +0000

Denise Altman practices what she calls "Strike Force Coaching." A former partner in a CPA firm, Denise shares her thoughts on activities that make her feel strong.

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Is this guy a flake?

Jim Seybert — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:35:00 +0000

Conventional wisdom has drilled into us that you play around with start-ups for a while, but eventually you settle down and finish a job. But if starting things gives you energy and the thought of sticking around for the long-haul sounds like a prison sentence, why should you opt for being miserable?

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Strengths Chat – Sherrie Palm

Jim Seybert — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:00:31 +0000

My guest this week on Strengths Chat is Sherrie Palm, Founder and President of APOPS, the Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support, Inc. in Wisconsin.

Sherrie plays a number of roles – administrative, fund-raising, legislative – but she’s driven by the one-on-one work she gets to have with women who are experiencing this “silent” condition.

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What if you used only your strengths?

Jim Seybert — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:05 +0000

One of my Strengths is "Input." For a living, I report information, provide analysis, and describe things to other people. All at once, I realized that I needed to do that now, for the parents of the girl. I began writing: “To the family of Jane Doe, I was one of the first motorists to stop at your daughter’s crash on Tuesday…..”

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Creativity defined

Jim Seybert — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:00:19 +0000

No matter what you've been told, you are creative. From the moment you roll out of bed each morning, you are doing something that's never been done before. Each step you take is–until that very moment–a step you've never taken.

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Clip Your Wings and Soar

Jim Seybert — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:48:20 +0000

Sticking to a resolution made on January 1st quite often requires you to do things that are counter to your nature; to swim upstream against your native instincts. That's the problem with resolutions: they generally demand that you to do less of what you love, or more of what you loathe.

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