“Each gremlin is highly personal,” I went on. “It’s rooted deeply inside us and carries the most intense emotional charge of any of the blocks we’ve explored. Your gremlin thrives on fear. When you hear its whispers, your motivation to try withers. You dread failing, feeling pain, and being embarrassed. You can even be scared of succeeding if the g

Problems and challenges are creations of a fear-based perspective on life. When we transcend fear, what remains is opportunity.

Misunderstanding, Richard fretted, “So it ’s my fault people have been so negative?” As if I flipped a switch, the insightful leader had suddenly become the victim once again. “Can I be blunt?” I asked. “Be my guest,” Richard invited. “You seem to have an almost total lack of faith in yourself and your staff.” As that settled in, I went on to sugge

Finally, as if that weren’t enough, I let him know that at the very lowest resonating level of energy, Level 1 leaders blame themselves for anything negative that has happened in the company previously, continually focus on the past, and beat themselves up over current setbacks.

Within this last circle of awareness are Levels 6 and 7. Level 6 is the level of synthesis. You can define this process as combining separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole. When you’re able to generate this whole, you experience both joy and wisdom. Unlike happiness, which can be fleeting, joy

His buy-in would be assured if he knew that he, not I, was at the ship’s helm.

Coaching works,” I said. “We quickly identify a thought that isn’t working for you, then the feeling associated with this thought, and validate your inaction because of that thought and feeling. Then we create a new thought and feeling and get as much of an emotional buy-in as possible, which leads to new action. Even if the person doesn’t have a h

You’re asking for major damage. That’s not so different from how it is when Level 2 permeates an organization. You’ve got a bunch of people assuming they know best and crashing into each other.”

rejection. Because this has happened once, I conclude that it will always be the case. This assumption, in turn, prevents me from asking anyone out ever again.