by DarEll Hoskisson | May 14, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
I’m an anxious, active, and driven person. I care about getting things done, and I care about people. I like to do everything well. This caring about everything necessitated an enormous juggling act. As a mother, suddenly if I was busy, over focused on anything,...
by DarEll Hoskisson | May 7, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
I like to see results. I rate accomplishment on getting a result I can see. But that desire to see my impact has led me falsely, time and again, to underestimate myself. This can be incredibly, and unnecessarily discouraging. I regularly feel like quitting. My...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Apr 30, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
What is your greatest fear? My brother, who was nervous and engaged to be married, asked me for advice. I thought about it and the best I could offer was, “When in doubt, don’t freak out.” It is amazingly normal for horrific things to happen in the course of a...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Apr 23, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
Have you ever not seen the trees for the forest? If you are a big picture or visual thinker, you may know exactly what I’m talking about. We can see the whole easily, but the parts, well—-not so much. This gift, or curse, is often associated with right brain...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Apr 16, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
Accept the Unacceptable? Why should I? As a young college student, I wrote a poem about who I hoped to be. One of the lines read, “self-less and satisfied. Always learning.” It was a tall order and now I look back at that beautiful ideal and see so many challenges...
