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How has your life changed in the past year? Have you made progress towards achieving your goals? How have you dealt with setbacks? What are you working towards achieving a year from now? ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- What Was Different About Your Life a Year ago? Consider: Your average level of happiness now vs then How you’ve coped with setbacks. Do you consider yourself more resilient than you were a year ago? How you’re spending leisure time now vs then Your goals now vs then.   My life changed significantly in the past year. And that’s a good thing! Happiness. I’m happily building a new life for myself after having a divorce. Leisure time. I’m using my leisure time to re-create my home wit

Everyone has interests. But are you committed to becoming more skilled? ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Interested To use a sports analogy…some people are interested in soccer and stream games or watch them on television if it’s convenient. They aren’t deeply engaged or committed to learning more about the sport. When it comes to business…some people talk about starting a business and never take action.   Committed Some people play soccer, coach a team, and schedule time to watch and study games. They know the players and follow the schedules. These individuals are committed! Some people create business plans, create a product or service, raise money, and generate revenue. They are committed!   Rea

How do you deal with uncertainties? Do you act like an OWNER or a VICTIM? It's not that our lives are perfect—it's just that we have to adapt to the imperfections and keep going. ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Difference between OWNERS and VICTIMS… Owners An owner addresses and manages situations. They turn challenges into opportunities and build their skills along the way. The ownership mentality can become a habit that creates an upward trend.   Victims Victim complains about their circumstances and doesn’t use their resources to overcome challenges. They tend to give up and let others deal with the fallout. The victim mentality can become a habit that creates a downward spiral.   How do differe

You can develop leadership skills in any situation. Model great leadership regardless of your role and you’ll find yourself developing other leaders as a result. ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Tips on how to develop great leaders… Coach them up! Tailor your mentorship approach to fit each person you're working with. Use assessments. The DISC assessment and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team are two types of assessments that help individuals understand themselves and those around them. As they become more emotionally intelligent, their effectiveness as leaders will increase. Involve your team in leadership discussions. Involve everyone on the team in discussions to ensure that each person contribut

How do you use patterns in your life? Do you use them to your advantage or do they hold you back? ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- How patterns can make an impact in our life… Produce amazing things. When you instinctively combine different patterns you’ve previously practiced, you can create amazing things! This is how musicians and software engineers are able to perform at the highest levels.  Patterns are guides. In playing games like Bridge or Mahjong, patterns can help you to determine what moves to make. Elevate someone else’s thinking and behaviors. Some people repeatedly narrate their negative experiences and don’t choose to move forward. By pointing out their patterns and alternative optio

Do you tend to over-function? Or under-function? Or do you tend to function at the right level? If you're over or under-functioning, stop and think about how you can break your cycle.  ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- What does it mean to over-function or under-function? Over-functioning When a person tends to perform a task, solve a problem and exert excessive effort to do things that are not their responsibility. This often happens when a manager jumps in to do work for their team, rather than letting them figure out how to complete it. This limits the team’s ability to grow their skills and problem-solving abilities. Under-functioning When a person is unproductive and avoids doing the work that t

The choices that you make about how to spend your minutes create your hours which create your days, weeks, months, and years. Are you creating the legacy that you want to be remembered for or are you indulging in continuous escapism? ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! -----------------------------------------------  “The most important choice we make is what we choose to make important.” - Michael Neill ----------------------------------------------- To create your positive legacy, choose: Self-investment - create time to learn new things and meet new people.  Creative growth - make time to improve your creativity, and create things that will make an impact on yourself and others. Continuous escapism looks like this: Obsessing about others - bei

As we mature into adults, we often get messages, directly and indirectly, that we are not creative. But you are! Everyone is creative! It’s a skill and a way of being that can be cultivated. Think about how to recover your creativity and live your life more creatively! ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- From The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron “Many of us find that we have squandered our own creative energies by investing disproportionately in the lives, hopes, dreams, and plans of others. Their lives have obscured and detoured our own. As we consolidate a core through our withdrawal process, we become abler to articulate our own boundaries, dreams, and authentic goals. Our personal flexibility increase

Working with people who have similar styles offers validation. Working with those who have different styles is an opportunity to create awareness of how team members process and share information, and interact. Each opportunity is valuable! ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Different people have different work styles: DISC Assessment Perspective… The DISC assessment gives insights into your work style and how you relate to others. A summary of how each style brainstorms and presents their ideas is below. To learn more, listen to Ever Better Today Episode 23.    Dominant (D) D’s are result-oriented and fast-paced decision-makers. Working as a group, they tend to get the job done very fast! They brains

Have you heard of NSVs? That’s an abbreviation for non-scale victories—a term that focuses on weight loss and fitness “wins” not measured by the scale. This is a term I learned from the Bright Line Eating community. ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Here are examples of non-scale victories…   Fitting into close in a smaller size. I recently was able to fit into size 6 jeans that didn’t fit when I bought them! I haven’t been weighing myself but noticed that my clothes fit more loosely and decided to try on those pants. And they fit! Achieving a cardio or endurance goal. I gave myself a goal on the rowing machine to do 1000 meters in five minutes or less. I’m now rowing 2,000 meters in 10 minutes or l

For every experience, each participant will have their own unique thoughts and takeaways. Consider how they tend to vary from yours, and whom you want to spend time with... ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Takeaways about the thought-created experience... Every experience is created in your mind. You can have a good time, or you can have an awful time, or anywhere in between. It all depends on your thinking. Life experience is a matter of perspective and what you expect. It's all about making the most out of the moment and deciding how to interpret events and conversations. Our thinking creates our interpretation of our experience. Our thoughts are often influenced by what we're used to and what w

If you were given a chance to re-live a situation that happened two weeks ago, would you use it to seize an opportunity, to speak up, or edit something that you said? ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- In the past two weeks have you ever: Said something that you’d like to take back? Not spoken up in a meeting or conversation and regretted it? Passed up on an opportunity to hang out with someone? Wasted your own time and wished you’d been more productive? Bought something you regretted?   Tips on how to avoid regretful situations.. Be mindful of what you say. If you realize the moment after you blurt out something that you shouldn't have, you can take it back immediately and apologize. Be brave and

Has anyone told you that you’re being EXTRA? Is it a compliment or insult? It depends. If it’s how you are naturally, here’s how to use it to your advantage! Be EXTRA EFFECTIVE! ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Here’s how to be EXTRA effective! Learn to read the room. Know when to maximize your energetic personality and when to step back. Adjust your energy output to the overall mood of the group. Be EXTRA sparingly. Being EXTRA every once in a while is fine, but if you're going to be like that all the time, people will become exhausted. Use your EXTRA sparkle when it works to your advantage. Use it in places where others may find it helpful to boost their energy levels or entertaining. Test the wa

Practice behaviors that are opposite of what you normally do. Changing your behaviors can sometimes be as challenging as disrupting your routine.   When you challenge your norms and stretch your comfort zone you grow yourself and your capabilities. ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Here’s how to do the opposite from the DiSC assessment perspective…   DiSC assessments teach us about ourselves and others. They elevate emotional intelligence and enable us to better navigate our professional and personal worlds. You can learn more about them in Ever Better Today Episode 23.   Dominant (D) If you’re a D, you may be seen as dominant in meetings. You speak out and are fast-paced in your decisions. You can c

As a meeting facilitator, how can you ensure that all voices in the meeting room are heard?   It’s a responsibility that you’ve got to practice so that people start speaking up in meetings. This benefits everyone!   Each meeting counts and every voice matters #yestoinclusivemeetings ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Tips on how to ensure all voices are heard in meetings… Consider who is speaking and who is not. In meetings, remind yourself of the power you have to create a space where everyone's voice can be heard - not just the loudest or most dominant ones. When leading a meeting, make it clear that you want to ensure every voice is heard. Let your team know you are expecting creative solutions. L

Let's be honest. There are those people in the room who speak up regularly and those who don't. Chances are you know the people in your life who do speak up a lot. For others, it can be intimidating and challenging to get yourself heard by others. But here's something that I've discovered over time…the more you speak out, the more people expect you to share your thoughts and take notice of what you have to say!   I challenge you to speak up when you have a contribution to make - even if you aren’t confident about what you’re sharing. ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Tips on how to speak up in meetings and be heard: Start Small. Begin with a couple of ideas or questions you can prepare ahead of time

There's a saying that “the grass is greener on the other side” or at least it looks that way. The grass may look greener - but is it really? What if what you’re seeing is fake? What if it's not grass, but artificial turf or sod? ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Here are my takeaways: What you see isn't always what you get. Don’t worry about others. Just make the most of your situation. If you’re in a challenging relationship and you’d like it to be better, take action! If you’re in a challenging relationship and you know it’s not healthy for you, take steps to make a change. ----------------------------------------------- To learn more about working with Ever Better, send me an email here or book

As you level up your business and become more successful, the network of people that you're spending time with may expand. Make new friends who are as motivated, creative, and successful as you - but keep in touch with your early supporters. ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Is it time to level up your network? As you progress in your career, make sure the people you spend time with and get advice from are at the right level for where you are and where you want to be. If your network does not offer sufficient opportunities, then expand it by making new contacts and cultivating them. Ideally, you should be involved in a group where you can make contributions and receive ideas that help you to elevate

As you recognize and develop your talents, make a habit of looking for those who can and will support you. Build your team! DO NOT be afraid to ask for assistance. You’ll find that many people love to help! ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Building your team is one step in creating your masterpiece. Listen to episodes 48 and 49 to learn more. Then… Go to everbetteru.com/masterpiece to download my worksheet, You Are A Masterpiece. ----------------------------------------------- You don’t need to feel isolated. Create your support system! Here’s how…   Weigh your plans. Assess what you need assistance with. Find one person who can help. As you crystallize your direction, you’ll get more clear on who

Unmask your capabilities and practice sharing them with the world. Then consider what’s possible. What can you create to be in service to others, to develop your career, and to make a difference in the world?! ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I’m Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let’s jump in! ----------------------------------------------- Recognizing your adjacent possible is one step in seeing yourself as a masterpiece. Listen to episodes 49 and 50 to learn more. Then… Go to everbetteru.com/masterpiece to download my worksheet, You Are A Masterpiece. ----------------------------------------------- Use your talents to unlock opportunities Identify and use your given skills, assets and talents. Invest in learning about and practicing whatever lights you up! Consider a wider perspective than you