by Steven Fulmer | Nov 14, 2017 | Articles
It’s a funny thing about being human: Looking backward is easy. Doing the same thing over and over is easy. Of course it is — you know exactly what you’re doing. You’ve figured out the rules, and you can coast without much stress. You can even live in the past,...
by Steven Fulmer | Nov 7, 2017 | Articles
So often we are held back more by our fear than pushed forward by our possibility or potential. We are bombarded with mantras and cliches for addressing this fear: “Feel the fear and do it anyway” “Just do it” “Get over it” “Push Through.” There’s a lot of basic,...
by Steven Fulmer | Nov 1, 2017 | Articles
In leadership, especially in the industry of mentoring, coaching, counseling, or other support professions, many of us use the expression that we “hold a safe space” for people. But that’s not really the truth, is it? We don’t hold safe spaces. We can’t guarantee...
by Steven Fulmer | Oct 31, 2017 | Articles
Is it too direct or macabre to suggest that in a very real way, we die every night? Perhaps a more accurate phrasing might be the day dies — but that doesn’t fully capture the beauty of the moment, does it? Because with that day goes a part of us that will...
by Steven Fulmer | Sep 26, 2017 | Articles, Uncategorized
Last week, we talked about the power of your mindset as evidenced by a profound psychological study. Well, there was another study involving nursing home residents that I found to be just as incredible, and just as impactful for us today. In this study, nursing...
by Steven Fulmer | Sep 19, 2017 | Articles
Turns out that’s not quite true. In fact, people can change quite dramatically. Recently, I read about a psychological study on people in their 70’s. If any generic group would be set in their ways, surely it would be those people past retirement, yes? So this is what...
