USVI (part 2) – Best Dives

It’s Week Two in the US Virgin Islands (you can read about Week One here) and we’ve relocated to a rental house near the Mountain Top and it’s World Famous Banana Daiquiri. The view alone makes it difficult to leave the balcony overlooking the rear patio pool. Contemplating real estate and full-time residency over my...

USVI (part 1) – 3 Things You Can Do Right Now to Make a Change

I’m in the USVI for Shark Week (this isn’t intentional, but I’m going with it). Admittedly, it’s more vacation than adventure this week, but sometimes it’s good to get away – and this is a great place to do so – even if only for an extended weekend. Sometimes thinking in ways that set you...

Vacation Time Infographic

Reasons to Take an Adventure Vacation

Steve, a new coaching client, was exhausted. He’d been working more than 14 hour days for months on end – no vacations, limited personal interests, and few social engagements – while launching his own business. In the clichéd tradition of bootstrapping, Steve was doing it all. Intellectually, he knew it was time to slow down....

Dolomites Part 2

It’s week number two in the South Tyrol (you can read Week One here) and we’re in the Dolomites for the hiking (and the food… and the beer… and the people… again, see Part One). This portion of our trip has been organized by my brother-in-law and sister-in-law – expat digital nomads who contribute and...

Dolomites Part 1

We’re in the South Tyrol region of Italy – two hours north of Venice progressing towards the Austrian border – and the little Fiat rental is beginning to voice some struggle. Corkscrew inclines, as if spliced from a James Bond movie, have me shifting in my seat and grasping for secure handholds. They’ll be no...

The Procrastinators Advantage

Title Herb Carver  |  Date 2018  |                    . By 1935, architect Frank Lloyd Wright appeared to be finished. It’s not that Wright hadn’t enjoyed an accomplished career. He’d designed and built some 500 offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, museums and homes; pioneered what came to be...

The Happy Introvert: Leveraging Our Strengths

Title Herb Carver  |  Date 2018  |                    . By most any measure, we seem to make room for a remarkably narrow range of personality styles these days. Movie plots, television leads, sports stars, political beliefs, pharmaceutical commercials… even our social media feeds tell us that to...

How Self-Compassion Gains You Respect and Loyalty

Title Herb Carver  |  Date 2018  |                    . What makes us listen, respect and show loyalty? Despite the prolific images of bosses who are stern, commanding, forceful and sometimes brutal, one of the most powerful leadership tools has little to do with how much others fear...

6 Long-Term Benefits of a Company Retreat

Title Herb Carver  |  Date 2018  |                    . You're thinking about offering a company retreat because something needs a push, a change, a breath of fresh air, a shake-up. This puts you in good company with innovative businesses who take retreats yearly, quarterly, or even monthly....