If you’re like me, you have these two big obstacles you need to “power through” first, before you can go all-in on your personal vision.

Time and money.

In my last video blog, I was talking about how you are already a high-achieving person but you know right now that you’re still underbeing.  

Others consider you successful but, based on your standards for yourself, you have a bigger dream in your mind that you haven’t materialized—-yet. 

In today’s video I explain a simple way to make your very real time & money obstacles go poof.

First let’s first talk about time

An immediate “time obstacle” is in the form of some big thing you need to get through “first, before you can get started” on your bigger personal vision. The time obstacle you are dealing with is a real thing. And it’s an important thing. It’s almost, or just as important as, your bigger vision.

For example, you could be getting ready to sell your house, so you have real tasks and deadlines to focus on getting the hou...

Perhaps you keep thinking about taking intentional steps towards that thing you’d still love to see manifested in your lifetime.

Maybe you’ve been dabbling with it, on and off, for a while… 

While you usually spend a lot of your time devoted to demands from work, family and other responsibilities…

…even though you’ve achieved excellence in your life, on some level you know you are still under-being. 

But you just don’t feel ready yet to go for it. 

Somehow, it never feels like quite the right time.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. This is exactly how I felt too.

So I wanted to talk about this idea of ‘feeling ready’ in today’s blog post.

 [On a separate note, if you know coaches or HR professionals, please show them our certification program.]

Not feeling ready is normal

Taking a bold step towards that thing you’ve been wanting requires you to do something new and to step outside your comfort zone—so your ego will naturally hate that idea.

It likes certainty and f...

You have already achieved a lot in your life, and yet, in your heart of hearts, you know you are still underbeing.

The reason you know you are still underbeing is that you have an idea or long-term vision you have been thinking about for a while. This idea is something that would make you feel incredibly fulfilled, and if you don’t do this in your lifetime, you will feel a bit of regret.

The problem right now is that you’re truly busy with your current job, your family, and some big projects, so you can’t focus 100% on your dream yet. You’re momentarily tapped out.

It’s not too late, but…

It’s not too late for you to make this long term vision a reality, but in a few years, it will be too late.

In today’s video I explain that there is a simple solution to this conundrum.

You are in this situation for a real reason–getting from point A to point B for your vision is hard. 

However, you are wasting more time and energy than you realize on efforts that are not further...

Every year I ask founding members, advisors and panelists for Strengths in Numbers to share a selfie—or a fun photo loving life this year.

These photos always inspire me and underline how much bigger and better life gets when we focus on our strengths. 

This year’s collection is no exception.

There’s a story behind every photo—and I hope these highlights capture even a fraction of how people are contributing their greatest talents in life and building life-affirming organizations.

Our highlights include that:

She got certified in scuba diving.

He doubled his income in one year.

He submitted a patent for his invention—his intellectual property.

She got published for the first time.

She took her whole family to Paris.

He rolled out digital transformation and design thinking for the whole enterprise.

She got paid thousands to speak on the big keynote stage for LinkedIn.

He finally found the exact business partner he had always hoped for.

She found the love of her life and the...

If you’re blowing off New Year’s Resolutions after Christmas, stay with me here!

You might be thinking, “Nothing you say is going to change my mind, Ingrid. I just don't do them…and I’m not even going to think about the long view of my life until at least January.”

If so, check out this week’s blog anyway. It will get you fired up for the New Year…

But if, on the other hand, you’re heading into Christmas anticipating making some big changes in the new year, and you’re feeling a bit nervous, I hope this blog post helps you stay inspired to keep going!

10 Things I Love About Taking the Long View At Christmas 

1. Recharging your energy

This is a tiring time of year. There are 101 things to still get done this week before you can fully relax. But at some point you will be able to sit down, enjoy the holidays and possibly even get away to a new environment. By the end of this holiday season you will have recharged a bit and have the energy to take a longer view of your l...

When I first started following my own strengths practice, I found it challenging to find the time to sit down, write down my vision and map out critical milestones leading towards them.

As a business leader at a large company, of course I put goals in writing and measured progress all the time for my employer. Following this practice for my employer vs. for me were two different matters.

Demands on my time came from everywhere. It was like I had a sign on me that said, “Look at her, she can take care of it!'', attracting more commitments that would take away my focus from my most heartfelt aspirations. 

This of course included life outside of work—important commitments for family, friends, home, health and other communities.

If you’re incredibly busy, not 100% clear about how you are going to realize your big dream (or are thinking about being more intentional about it in 2023) and you’re finding it tough to make time for it, you’re not alone.

And, as I explain here in this week’s...