by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 22, 2026 | Leadership, Maxims, Personal Growth
I did a presentation to a company recently on “Communicating with Confidence”. The most important tip to increase confidence that I shared was to Shift the Spotlight. The Spotlight Effect is when people think that everyone is looking at them, thinking...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 5, 2026 | Leadership, Personal Growth
I came across this during a training session at work. It comes from a book titled “A Beautiful Constraint” about using limitations for creative productivity. Rather than defaulting to “we can’t do that” you default to “We can...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Dec 22, 2025 | Leadership, Personal Growth
Why does it seem so difficult to effectively give or receive feedback? You would think that for something so important, both inside and outside of work, we would be better at it. And yet people routinely indicate in surveys that it is a challenge. Why is it so...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Oct 23, 2025 | Habits, Leadership, Maxims, Personal Growth
What is your default mode in a social setting? Do you suddenly become fascinated with wall art or your phone? Anything at all to not look like you are awkwardly standing alone? Are you hoping anyone — even someone you don’t like — will show up and...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Oct 4, 2025 | Leadership, Maxims, Personal Growth
If I was going to get a tattoo, the one I might need the most is Tame the Advice Monster. Although I am better than I was, it has been a struggle for years. {sigh} Exhibit #1: Early marriage. I know this is cliche, but it was so true of me for the first several years...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Aug 28, 2025 | Leadership, Maxims, Personal Growth
I don’t like hard things. I like easy things. Seriously. I am someone who naturally values comfort and ease. That is true physically, relationally, commercially, whatever. I just want things to be easy. But life is not always easy. In fact, sometimes life is...
