by Kendra Kinnison | Apr 17, 2012 | Faith, Leadership, Peak Performance
I’ve been restarting myself a lot lately. First came the pruning last summer. Then the grind of winter, and a decision to start again in mid-January. Then a declaration of my personal new year on March 1 after a horrendous February. And finally a...
by Kendra Kinnison | Apr 14, 2012 | Entrepreneurship, Peak Performance
I can’t explain it, but I can feel it. There’s a tremendous resistance when I try to make progress in certain directions. For several weeks, I was even aware enough to identify it, but it still blocked my progress. And then on Thursday, I awoke to a...
by Kendra Kinnison | Apr 12, 2012 | Entrepreneurship, Faith
Today, I woke up. Thirty minutes before my alarm would have gone off at 5:20, I sat straight up in bed. I had instant clarity. I’ve been living scared, and it’s cost me. Some of you may be surprised at that statement. I can fake it pretty well....
by Kendra Kinnison | Mar 2, 2012 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Peak Performance
Earlier this year, I decided to read books differently. Instead of just plowing through them, I would pause and recap what I learned from each and how I could apply the lessons to my own life. Simply put, that’s tougher than it sounds. I thought I could...
by Kendra Kinnison | Mar 1, 2012 | Entrepreneurship, Writing
Back in October, I circled today’s date on the calendar. Knowing that the next few months would be incredibly intense, I decided to opt-out of the traditional New Year’s planning process, deferring it until I reached a natural pause in my schedule. In...
by Kendra Kinnison | Feb 10, 2012 | Fitness, Peak Performance
At the end of January 2011, I started using a standing desk. Since then, my work projects have changed dramatically, and that desk has seen many offices. Today, it’s at Port Royal Ocean Resort, where I’m the Director of Finance and share an office...
by Kendra Kinnison | Jan 20, 2012 | Leadership, Peak Performance
If my house ever gets robbed, I’m betting the burglars will be sorely disappointed – unless they were librarians in a past life. It’s pretty much full of books and not much else. I love to read. (My Mom, Dad, and Nana are the same way, so...
by Kendra Kinnison | Jan 17, 2012 | Fitness, Peak Performance, Writing
Even after I grasped the revelation that action leads to motivation (not the other way around), I still wasn’t out of the “mud.” I knew I needed to take action, but I often couldn’t bring myself to do it. Often, I was literally stuck. Then...
by Kendra Kinnison | Jan 16, 2012 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Writing
Falling down sucks, particularly if you’ve climbed a little higher since the last time you fell down. It hurts more. The bruises and scrapes are little deeper. Then the mental games begin. And they’re far worse than the physical ones. You did it...
by Kendra Kinnison | Dec 27, 2011 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Sometimes the greatest obstacle to moving forward is looking backwards. We cling to the memories of our good ‘ol days, linking our identity to a past success. Maybe it was winning an athletic championship in high school or college, or maybe even a single...
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