by David Delp | Feb 2, 2017 | Podcast Episodes
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Have you ever been stuck, felt paralyzed, and you found yourself in a place where you just could not move forward. In this episode of the podcast, David and Donna talk about times they’ve been stuck and some of the leadership lessons they’ve learned to help them move forward.
[0:30]At Calibrate360 we talk a lot about forward movement, calibration, and climbing the next Summit, but what about those times when you are stuck and you just cannot find or envision a way up or a way forward. [1:55]
There’s a time to wait and a time to leap forward. How do we know the difference? [2:40]
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by David Delp | Jan 23, 2017 | Podcast Episodes
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Life calibration is necessary for living, leading, and loving with joy. In this episode, David and Donna discuss the importance of life calibration and how to calibrate360.
David and Donna are launching the Calibrate Life leadership podcast. In this very first episode we will explore the life calibration necessary for pressing beyond the tough stuff and experiencing the joy of living, leading, and loving.
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by David Delp | Dec 29, 2016 | Leadership, Uncategorized
You had a revelation. You wrote it down. You were excited. Then perfectionism and the fear of criticism caused you to edit it down until it lost its unique value.
Instead of the valuable gem you started with, you were left with an idea stripped of its power, or worse, you gave up and never executed.
I am not a baker, but Donna is. She makes apple pies better than anyone else. She tells me that you can only roll pie crust out once. If you keep mixing the scraps together and keep rolling the dough out again and again it will get tough. Her rule, roll the dough out once and only once.
Sometimes I write a great thought, an inspired thought, and then my perfectionism and desire to avoid criticism causes me to knead out the most salient points. Instead of a meaningful, appropriately transparent, and flaky and tasty crust, I produce a tough and chewy read or talk that has half the value of the first raw draft. (more…)
