Why do so many of us not achieve our own potential?

What can we do to turn failure into success?

How do we bridge the gap between perception and reality?

These and more topics are addressed when  concierge, high performance, psychology coach Dr. Robyn Odegaard joins The Rabbi and the Shrink.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

https://drrobynodegaard.com/

It's easy to be mediocre, because if you don't try, you can't fail.

Don't repeat the mistake of Cain.

Five step paradigm:
1) What is your goal?
2) What is your plan?
3) What do I need to know or know how to do that I don't know now?
4) What are your psychological barriers?
5) What people, places, or habits are helping or hurting us?

Changing our environment can help us change what needs to be change.

Once you make the choice to change, change becomes easier and more likely.

Talking about ourselves can be limiting.

Giving advice is dangerous; giving good advice is deadly.

Rebuke is validating when it's given with care and concern.

Shame is imposed from the outside, but it's our choice whether we accept it.

Ethics demands that we make ourselves competent.

Have the courage to question your own expertise, competence, and objectivity.

"Perception is what you think; reality is what I think."

Learn from the intellectual integrity of Abraham Lincoln.

Listen to everyone, then make your own decisions.

Don't compromise with the middle.

Employees who are overworked, overwhelmed, and underutilized is a formula for disaster.

The word of the day: Hegira [ hi-jahy-ruh]
Flight or journey to a more agreeable location
Rabbi Akiva's transition from illiterate shepherd to the leader of his generation via the coaching of his wife, Rachel.