Anese Cavanaugh

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

The past couple of weeks have been very busy over here. First off, I moved into a new office – with an official “client retreat space” – which we’re calling “Bootist Headquarters” Here I can work with my clients and small groups in a very comfortable and productive setting. I’ll also be able to host clients when they come into town for their private retreats with me.

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Anese Cavanaugh

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

I was in my Bikram Yoga class this a.m. and as often happens parallels for Bikram and Bootism™ shot up throughout my compressing, stretching, sweating, and breathing. The instructor today said — “If you’re not pushing yourself hard enough, you’re not getting the full benefits of doing the work.” To which my mind went to…”Yes, and if I’m going to spend the 90 minutes doing it, I might as well get the full benefit and push lovingly hard.

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Anese Cavanaugh

AUGUST 19, 2009

Years ago when I started coaching clients, I bought into the idea (for a very short snippet of time) that life could be perfectly balanced and SHOULD be perfectly balanced and that it was all about getting the “wheel of life” balanced into equal “scores” to create peace and balance in their lives. I quickly realized my thinking was WAY flawed, ditched that idea, and instead started leading the charge for the idea that if an area of one’s life was rated at a “3

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Anese Cavanaugh

AUGUST 7, 2009

I was talking to one of my sisters this a.m. (can’t say which for confidentiality – and I have 4!) about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And what creates happiness. And what doesn’t. We got to talking about problems. And solutions. And what has to be present to move a problem from the point of being a “problem” to a solution. Component #1?

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Anese Cavanaugh

AUGUST 5, 2009

Two things on my mind today in particular this morning. Both of which have been inspired by conversations with other hungry human beings and clients who seek to optimize their abilities to do great work and to lead really great lives and organizations. The first is the idea of “being stuck” and procrastination…(The second is percolating and I’ll write more later.

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Anese Cavanaugh

JUNE 26, 2009

The Dare To Engage® Team and I will be hosting a Bootist Retreat in St. Charles, Il on July 24th and 25th where I’ll share the Art of Bootism and help you integrate it into your own life and leadership (if you so choose)! This retreat will help you identify and create your own Bootist Path, improve your leadership, and begin to design the life, relationships, businesses, cultures and results you want.

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Anese Cavanaugh

MAY 28, 2009

What does it mean to be a hero in your life? Everyone has their personal stand for what they believe makes a hero. No matter what our personal definition of “hero” is, we all have the opportunity to be the hero of our own lives. Sometimes it takes a bit of an awakening and sometimes it’s just connecting with and “owning” that hero inside us…Whatever the case, we know when we are being a hero in our own life.

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Anese Cavanaugh

MAY 21, 2009

This morning I had a friend of mine say “Thank you for being you…” My response? “Thanks! I work hard at it!” Afterwards I started thinking about this – because that statement is a bit counter intuitive and counter cultural. Because it should be easy to just be me. It’s all I have to do. In fact, usually people would say “just be yourself – it’s easiest – you don’t have to be anyone else, just be you.

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Anese Cavanaugh

MAY 15, 2009

I know blogs are not for “commercials” and I don’t intend this to be one at all, but I do have a couple of things I want to let you know about. First, 2 new articles have been released in an international publication, second, I’m about to release a paper I’m really excited about and if you want it (with my compliments), there’s quick action to be taken, and third, if you’re into getting limited edition stuff, read to the end.

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Anese Cavanaugh

MAY 13, 2009

LEARN. This is not the time to hide or wait. Lean in and learn all you can. Make yourself better, stronger, more aware. Check your mindset and beliefs (see next week’s article.) You don’t have to spend a ton of money to do it – buy a book, take an afternoon to ask yourself the BIG questions, take a class, work with a coach, purchase a self study program.

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Anese Cavanaugh

MAY 10, 2009

For you to be your most effective self, to be on your cutting edge, and to think clearly – what do you need? What kind of self-care do you want to engage in to help set yourself up to be the best instrument of change possible? How can you increase your energy, stamina and vitality? What boundaries may you want to initiate? What practices may you want to engage?

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Anese Cavanaugh

MAY 8, 2009

Be Grateful. What do you have in your life right now that you are grateful for? What’s happening in your business, with your team, with your spouse, your kids? Did you take a shower today? Get a workout in? Eat a good meal? Do you have a business you care about deeply? Clients? Capture 5 things a day you are grateful for – FEEL the gratitude, express it, write it down.

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Anese Cavanaugh

MAY 6, 2009

Take advantage of down time. What are the things that you’ve been wanting to do, but haven’t had the time? Now’s the time to do them. Notice if you resist this one. Notice it. What are you really resisting?

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Anese Cavanaugh

MAY 4, 2009

Develop yourself and your people – NOW. Now is the time to take advantage of some of the space you may have in your schedules and bandwidth to actually develop the people in your company. It may seem counterintuitive, but it can provide you with a stronger foundation so that when things pick up or more challenges arise, you’re all better armed for it.

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Anese Cavanaugh

MAY 2, 2009

Work with your team. Talk about what’s going on. Be open about it. Invite them into the conversation. Tell the truth (be aware of and response-able for your impact here.) Brainstorm solutions. Give them ownership for creating solutions that will help you move through challenges together.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 30, 2009

Mission & Vision. Why are you in business? Why does your company exist? What’s the impact you want to have? What’s the overall vision here? Do you remember? Do you have one? Are you clear on where you’re going? Individually, as a team? What are your shared values that will get you there? You can have more than one vision, for different areas of your life, but if you don’t have at least one – it’s going to be hard to get there.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 28, 2009

Make a plan. Nothing breeds greater clarity and a sigh of relief like actually making a plan. Whatever your current situation is – what’s your plan? Doesn’t have to be perfect – just jot down some next steps, get into action, and be awake in the process so you know when you need to make a left turn or switch gears.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 26, 2009

Acknowledge. A close cousin to gratitude. What’s your team going through right now? How are they showing up? Who are they “being” in the face of challenge and unknown outcomes? How can you be more helpful to them?

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 17, 2009

Want one of the quickest ways to shift your mindset, create some space and get out of your own way? Dare to get away. Joyful Productivity Via Retreat. I’ve been doing a lot of private client retreats lately. During these retreats I get my clients out of their usual element, away from day to day stuff and interruptions and into a rich space that is all about them.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 13, 2009

This month I went a little crazy on articles (must be DTE Spring Fever), we actually have them stacked in the hopper for release so stay tuned, you’ll be receiving more over the next couple of weeks. . Why this surge of energy for writing? (As if expressing myself is a new thing? Grin.) Well, I have lots on my mind with the economy, the power of mission and mindset, and the challenges and opportunities these things provide us.

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Anese Cavanaugh

MARCH 24, 2009

I’m in Tucson right now, writing this sitting pool side in some beautiful weather. It’s gorgeous here right now, not too hot, just a light breeze – all good. I’m here for some meetings with colleagues, a client and my private master mind group. We get together about every 6 months to work on our businesses, flush out ideas, put strategies in place, etc.

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Anese Cavanaugh

MARCH 19, 2009

Right now in this economic and business climate we are inundated with information. Good information. Useless information. Hype. Not hype. Words of motivation. Words of dread. Words that inspire and make you want to make your business and life better than ever before. And words that may make you want to pull your covers over your head and “wait” until all this grief and recession stuff is over.

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Anese Cavanaugh

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

How are you engaging your employees right now? Are you inspiring trust and motivation and internal drive for growth, or are you disempowering them by holding to the stories of fear and domination in today’s economy? I met a business leader a couple of months ago, actually a quite successful business leader, who asked me if I could “Get him to stop throwing phones at his people” – I asked him if he wanted to, he said no.

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Anese Cavanaugh

JANUARY 27, 2009

Qualities you’ll find in a healthy team/organization*: The organization’s vision is shared, communicated and alive. People have bought into it and know how their role directly supports it. People are self aware AND self possessed (in other words, they’re self-aware AND able to shift behavior/do something about their impact). Systems are in place so people know what to do, how to do it, and who does it (and can cross function in roles).

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Anese Cavanaugh

JANUARY 13, 2009

What if the most simple and key principles of effective leadership and engagement were already in your bones and just needed a playful reminder? At the beginning of the school year, my son’s 2 nd grade class established class “ground rules” aka “Rules of Engagement.” These rules were set as guidelines by which they agreed to be treated and treat each other.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 18, 2009

I was on a flight from NYC to Chicago a couple of weeks ago and sat next to a gentleman who’d worked for a large financial firm on Wall Street. He was now without a job and exploring options. As I spoke with this guy, what struck me was his attitude. He was looking at this “horrible” situation, one that was stressful and would have a large impact on his family (including a possible relocation), as an opportunity to re-assess and “start over.” He said, “I’

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 16, 2009

In the last couple of weeks I’ve had several trusted peers and clients ask me about my story, what happens for me personally with all this stuff? Why not share more of me and my behind the scenes? It was an interesting question. Honestly kind of took me aback, but when I got the same question from 3 separate people in under 72 hours – I had to look at it.

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Anese Cavanaugh

APRIL 24, 2009

We talk a lot about avoiding burnout these days: “the economy”, “work/life balance”, and all sorts of topics provide us with lots to discuss and lots to “work harder” on. In my experience, the quickest way I know to prevent burnout is not to “avoid it” (after all, we create what we think about, and even more so what we avoid), but rather to make sure we’re doing stuff that has meaning and purpose for us – EVERY SINGLE DAY.

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Anese Cavanaugh

JULY 2, 2009

I’ve been meeting with lots of people this last month to share this work and talk about Bootism (the what, the why and some of the how) — the feedback has been generative and enthusiastic. The reaction to “12 Hugs and Cupcakes” in leadership alone shows me I’m onto something even bigger than I thought (but sensed), and the impact already of those integrating this into their lives and leadership practices has been pretty moving and powerful stuff.

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