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When you spend money do you automatically think of how “expensive” something is? Or, do you consider the use of your time and money as investments? In your business and personal life, I urge you to reframe expenditures as investments in your future. ----------------------------------------------- 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 the things you could do to have a significant return on investment: Find ways to enhance your culture by bringing together your team members to create shared experiences. You could do this by conducting a meeting through Zoom or bringing them together for an energizing, in-person meeting.   Some companies pay for laptop upgrades and chair upgrades so that employees have good ergonomic equipment at home and in

Are you creating complications in your life by getting involved with activities or individuals that are not consistent with the values that you'd like to live by? If so, it’s time to make some changes. ----------------------------------------------- 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! ----------------------------------------------- If you are involved with any of the following situations below, you are not acting with integrity and living up to your values.   1. You’re spending a great deal of time and energy on logistics so that you can consume alcohol, tobacco, or porn without the most important people in your life catching on.   2. You’re devoting your time at work to finding another job or working a second job.   3. You’re in a committed relationship, yet you’re cultivating another relationsh

Everyone experiences challenging times involving setbacks, uncertainty, and difficulties. Sometimes you don’t realize that you’re in the middle of something until you come through it and see life from a new perspective. Megan Katarina perfectly captures the feeling of being in “The Middle” with her poem below. Megan is an inspiring performer, singer, songwriter, artist, and creative individual. ----------------------------------------------- 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 Middle by Megan Katarina There is a place where no one stays But everyone must go A place everyone learns what they wish They did not have to know   At the end of oblivion And the start of change There’s a place we call “The Middle” That is best known for its pain   I know

This is episode 25 of Ever Better Today! Half of 50! In this episode, I share four lessons I’ve learned from creating Season 3 of Ever Better Today. ----------------------------------------------- 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! ----------------------------------------------- Doing this daily podcast for me is an exercise in simplification. When I started out with podcasting about seven years ago, we published very detailed show notes with timestamps.  I’ve seen that followers are more focused on the audio than written content, so I took the opportunity to simplify. I realized that I say "and" a lot. I'm calling myself out on that, and I'm going to try to decrease the number of times I say "and." Create a great team. I can't do a daily podcast on my own while still having a coaching pra

The DiSC Productive Conflict Assessment is a tool for transforming destructive habits into productive responses. Knowing your triggers - what makes you angry, quiet, or upset is powerful information! When you and your team are aware of your tendencies you can thoughtfully change behaviors and reactions. As a result, teams become higher-performing and work environments are more fulfilling. ----------------------------------------------- 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! ----------------------------------------------- Conflict happens in all relationships. This assessment helps you to better understand yourself and others so that you don’t just react. You consider what’s happening at the moment. You step back and reframe the situation. And then you create a more effective response. --------------

What's an assessment? And why do you do them? In this episode, Coach Lisa discusses assessments with a focus on the Everything DiSC Assessment. Assessments teach us about ourselves and others. They elevate emotional intelligence and enable us to better navigate our professional and personal worlds. ----------------------------------------------- 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’s your DISC profile? D for Dominance                                  You’re direct, firm, strong-willed, forceful, and results-oriented. I for Influence You’re outgoing, enthusiastic, optimistic, high spirited, and lively. S for Steadiness                               You're even-tempered, accommodating, patient, humble, and tactful C for Conscientiousness You're an

Have you ever felt on top of the world? Like things couldn’t get any better? And then…it all started to fall apart. Maybe you became sick, you overslept and missed a meeting, you messed up what should have been an easy presentation, or you started a fight. This is what happens when individuals reach their Upper Limit as described by Gay Hendricks in The Big Leap. ----------------------------------------------- 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! ----------------------------------------------- You've likely heard about the Academy Awards debacle where Chris Rock made an inappropriate joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair. This led to her husband, Will Smith, walking on stage and slapping Chris Rock across the face. It was literally the slap heard around the world and was a poor reflection on both o

Everyone has the power to make change by elevating their voice. Here are ten ideas for doing that! ----------------------------------------------- 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! ----------------------------------------------- 10 ways to elevate your voice: Write in a journal. Make a habit of spending about 15- or 20-minutes per day writing in your journal. This can be a spiral notebook, a journal made for this purpose, or a pad of paper. It doesn’t need to be fancy! Practice getting clear on your perspective by writing about literally anything! Write about something fun that you did, an activity you’re looking forward to, an event that didn’t go as well as you would have liked, or an issue that’s pissing you off! The less formal the better. Just be yourself and get started! Write a blog.

What’s the best way to truly connect with people?  Be like a metal detector!  In an episode of the Not-So-Serious Life with Jason Goldberg and Steve Chandler, Jason said that he likes to think of discovering like a metal detector! I’m fortunate to know many people who connect with others like they’re on a treasure hunt. Listen in to learn more! ----------------------------------------------- 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! ----------------------------------------------- Be like a metal detector. OK, but how do you do that in real life?  1. Look at what’s already visible and consider what might be underneath.   My friend, Elise, whom I met on the Metro, noticed me reading a digital fundraising report which led to her asking questions about why that information interested me.  2. When you

My son, Conner, just turned 23! In honor of all he does for me and what I’ve learned from him, here is an episode dedicated to his wisdom. ----------------------------------------------- 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 five lessons that I’ve learned from my son: 1. Read the room Be aware of your natural response to what’s happening in the room. Observe dynamics and when you’re comfortable, join in! Conner has naturally done this from a very young age and was able to articulate this wisdom in response to joining in with the bigger kids at Kids’ Club. 2. Articulate your value Conner grew up doing lawn work and shoveling snow in our neighborhood. He was always able to ask for what he believed his work was worth. And he still practices that

Have you ever taken a look at something and wondered, Where did this come from? Who created this? Could I make something like this? ----------------------------------------------- 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 3 ideas to develop your curiosity and creativity: Dig into whatever you’re curious about and explore whether or not you want to create something similar. When he was growing up, my brother, Peter Conners, realized that someone had to sit down and write the books he was reading. This began his journey as an author and editor. In my case, I listened to a lot of podcasts starting maybe 10 years ago. At some point, I thought, “Wow, it would be really interesting for me to create my own podcast. Is that possible? How would I actual

Don’t argue for your limitations. Work to create possibility. Have you ever read a quote from a book, and realized that it is was a lesson that you needed at that moment?   ----------------------------------------------- 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! ----------------------------------------------- Consider these quotes and how they apply to you. “Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours” Don’t argue about your limitations. Work to create possibility. Only you limit yourself. We tend to limit what we think we can achieve. But by shifting our mindset, we are able to create the impossible. “You teach best what you most need to learn.” Every day is a new chance to learn. Look for the lesson for yourself in what each client, student, friend, or family member shares with you.

In the book, Good to Great, Jim Collins talks about how companies evolve little by little and he compares it to a flywheel.  In this episode, I apply his flywheel idea to individuals who are working bit by bit to create a sense of fulfillment in their lives. I’ve narrowed it down to 6 categories – family, fitness, friends, fulfilling work, funds, and fun. Elevating yourself in these six areas bit by bit creates a fulfilling life that gives you a sense of peace, happiness, and well-being. --------------------------------------------------- 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! --------------------------------------------------- Family Seek ways to deepen your relationships and create lasting precious moments. How can you add more fun to family time? Fitness Start by making small changes. They’ll add

Is there something in your life that you'd like to change but haven’t made the effort to do so? In other words, “what are you putting up 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! ==== Inspired by Michael Neill’s “Creating the Impossible”, let’s get into this activity Think about what you would like to create in your life that seems impossible. Write it down. Think about the smallest steps you could take towards creating that impossible project. Then do one more step, and things might start to come together for you. At a minimum, you’ll be proactively shifting your circumstances ==== If you don't take any steps, you’ll never create what seems to be impossible. And remember, you have the power to change anything ==== Reference: Creating the Impossible: A 90-day Program to Get Your Dreams

How do you feel about asking for help? Some people naturally ask for help as if it’s one of their “superpowers”. Others ask only if it’s absolutely necessary. Which camp are you in? ===== 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! ===== Why should you ask for help? Asking for help accelerates your progress so that you can achieve your goals faster. Asking for help gives you more information. Asking for help can give you another perspective. Asking for help can result in a much better outcome. Asking for help can you see your options. Asking for help can result in a stronger plan to address the issues at hand. ==== Reference: This worksheet will help you to think through what to ask for help with, and whom to ask on a personal and professional level. Asking for Help Download ================ To learn m

Our behaviors are impacted by what we see and experience in our environment every day. Consider mentally switching up your geography to see how that might impact or affect your life and decisions. ==== 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! ==== Do this mental exercise: 1. Think about the goal that you want to achieve.  2. Consider the options that you've already come up with to reach your goal. Notice that the options are informed by your previous experiences, the people around you, and social and behavioral norms based on where you live.  3. Now, imagine that you are living in a city with a completely different vibe and energy. How would your actions and mindset shift to match what’s happening there 4. Block time on your calendar to put yourself in the mindset of someone in that location. For insp

Is there something in your life that you'd like to change but haven’t made the effort to do so? In other words, “what are you putting up 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! ==== Inspired by Michael Neill’s “Creating the Impossible”, let’s get into this activity. Think about what you would like to create in your life that seems impossible. Write it down. Think about the smallest steps you could take towards creating that impossible project. Then do one more step, and things might start to come together for you. At a minimum, you’ll be proactively shifting your circumstances. ==== If you don't take any steps, you’ll never create what seems to be impossible. And remember, you have the power to change anything. ===== Reference: Creating the Impossible: A 90-day Program to Get You

How do you hold yourself accountable? Have you discovered a system that keeps you on track? Do you rely on reporting your progress to someone else? Accountability practices tend to evolve and get even better over time. ==== 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! === Accountability practices are not one-size-fits-all! As a coach, I don’t hold people accountable, I help them to create the system that works for them. This is the highest level of service that I can provide to someone. However, just knowing that a meeting with me is coming up often generates the drive to get stuff done! To develop accountability for yourself try the following: 1) Develop new habits. Check out the book, Atomic Habits by James Clear for great tips on this. 2) Find an accountability partner and check in with each other on a

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! Notes from this episode are below. When you’re in conversation with someone, are you listening or imposing your views? Truly listening serves the other person. Imposing your views without understanding theirs, may be more damaging than beneficial. Imposing This is when you were verbalizing your opinionated solutions on specific matters intending to resolve them. It also means you are imposing your views, your worldview, your perspective on someone. It may be helpful at some times but in most cases, it is not because it means most of the time, you do the TALKING.  Serving This is way different from imposing as it focuses on LISTENING than talking. It does not arrive at a solution immediately because you’re figuring out first what's getting in the way, and what i

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! Notes from this episode are below. First, you're unaware, then you become familiar, then you become capable. And then it's who you are. Your mastery of your leadership skills and even your life skills get summarized in these four stages. How Do We Achieve Mastery of Anything We Do? Unaware Using equipment at the gym correlates to how we master skills.   If you walk into almost any gym, you’ll see some form of a chest press machine.   The first time I went to the gym I was totally unaware of how to use it. Which way do you sit? How do you change the weight? How does this thing work?!   This is also referred to as unconscious incompetence.   Familiar After watching others use the machine and experimenting with it, became familiar with it but I wasn't proficient y