Dr. Stephen V. concludes with part four of this to-the-point four-part, mini-series entitled Unleash the Go! with an angle on a topic that will put our self-reliance and insecurities to the test - our willingness to ask for help. We all come to the table with a set of resources of our own, be they material, intellectual, and/or relational. Yet there will likely be resources you do not have access to... yet. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. shows us: the proof we genuinely have respect for the piv...
Aug 16, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 39
So the initial plan didn’t work out. It seldom does. Realign your thinking. That’s what a pivot pushes us into – thinking differently about how we attack the goal without losing commitment and stamina towards it. Dr. Stephen V. continues with part three of this to-the-point four-part, mini-series entitled Unleash the Go! All of these principles can be easily applied to your personal, family, and professional life. These short sprints of information are deliberately designed for you to listen to ...
Aug 15, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Our best-laid plans could fail. At the very least it will have hiccups and trip-ups to some degree. Dr. Stephen V. invites you to enjoy part two of this to-the-point four-part, mini-series entitled Unleash the Go! All of these principles can be easily applied to your personal, family, and professional life. These short sprints of information are deliberately designed for you to listen to it again and again in manageable chunks so you remain focused on applying it as you take action. In this epis...
Aug 12, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Is it time for you to execute? Dr. Stephen V. invites you to enjoy this first part of a to-the-point four-part, mini-series entitled Unleash the Go! All of these principles can be easily applied to your personal, family, and professional life. The guidance in this series will help you care for the journey involved in executing your plan or strategy toward your vision, goal(s), or project(s) now that you have cared for your PMRT (Purpose Mindset, Resources, and Timing) during your waiting period....
Aug 11, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Waiting isn't always our preference, but waiting does not have to be a waste. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. helps us see that waiting is far from a passive anxiety-provoking experience. Instead, it's an opportunity to gauge the situation and genuinely determine your readiness for action as you consider four key elements: purpose, mindset, resources, and timing. In this episode, you'll gain access to: a roadmap to support your thinking and actions while you wait specific questions to help asses...
Jul 27, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 35
When we ask a leader to be bold, courageous, and innovative; to take us where we have not gone before, it means we are liberating that person to experience our grace for their mistakes...because there will be a number of them along the way. In this episode, Dr. Stephen gives us three worthwhile ways to demonstrate that grace that helps us avoid giving in to our inner threshold for the patience that leads us to discount that leader and become unduly critical when what they need most is the room t...
Jul 12, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Historically, the word legacy was defined by its authentic definition of “an individual or group of people in action” so while leaving behind a physical inheritance is a good thing and a particularly meaningful act “legacy” as defined in those terms alone is left a bit hollow and limiting. Legacy building is something far greater. Legacy is grounded in transformational experiences that set others up to not only pick up where you left off but apply, enhance and even expand those traits and action...
Jun 21, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 33
The act of rebranding is both a move to expand your vision and rethink how you do business. But hold on... this idea is not just limited to titan companies and local community businesses. It applies to us as individuals and families too. While big corporations and mom-and-pop shops have customers, so do you and your primary customer is you. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. walks us through why your look, your name, or your profile is not the baseline of your brand but the culmination of our decis...
Jun 07, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 32
One of the secrets to developing our gifts, talents and skills, as well as uncovered or discovered, new ones is connected to our willingness to take on a new assignment– the unexpected the opportunity that may need you even more than you need it. In this episode Dr. Stephen V. gives us some insights and strategies for determining if you should pass on the ask, or take the risk and gain some unexpected rewards in the process. Connect with Dr. Stephen V. LinkedIn: Stephen V. Peters, Ed.D. –https:/...
May 24, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 31
What happens to you when you are experiencing uncertainty? How do you respond? Leading in chaotic situations requires help you are often too entrenched in the weeds to see what you need on your own. You'll need to risk leaning into people you are learning to trust who have roles and access that can help you see your way through. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. shares a few critical encounters that helped him keep his sanity during some hellish professional experiences and can aid in making you w...
May 03, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 30
No one likes to be interrupted, especially when we've developed momentum and believe what we have given our time to is of significant value. However, not all interruptions are created equal. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. explains that when it comes to things in our lives being interrupted, there are distractions and disruptions – one of them can save you, and the other can sabotage or even downright kill you. Since the types of interruptions we face will vary, we'll need to know how to respond...
Apr 13, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Are you tackling everything in your life with the same level of force and focus or are your creating space for yourself to assess how you are leveraging your time, energy, and commitment to best serve each unique opportunity or need? In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. offers some keys that help us reset the expectations we hold ourselves to and outlines how pacing ourselves to pause is a fundamental part of a strategy for growing our reach in the right places, with the right focus, at the right tim...
Mar 16, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Conformity is typically a way to create or establish a collective point of view or maintain particular behaviors and value systems. And often the expectation that people adapt to those norms can begin with good intentions. But what happens when times, conditions, and people change. What happened to the system that depended on people to comply with it? And what happens to the people who were buying into those norms? In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. helps us grapple with the nuances of compliance a...
Mar 10, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 27
There are relationships and opportunities, no matter how appealing they might be that simply require too much maneuvering to them fit who you are and what you need. Rather than supporting you, they distort you. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. challenges us to stop forcing what doesn’t fit –– not because you don’t have the talent, skill, will, or worth, but because “making it work” encourages you to settle into a seat that short changes your ability to be at your best. Connect with Dr. Stephen V....
Feb 16, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In every mundane ordinary To-Do List there are usually a few things that if you give yourself the permission to execute sooner than later will actually create the energy and enthusiasm all the other priorities vying for your attention can thrive off of during the course of the day and week. In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. shares a strategy that will you help identify your Momentum List and explains how giving those few things the attention they are begging for while you are at your best during t...
Jan 25, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this is episode, Dr. Stephen V. tackles the challenging topic of Purpose. He defines what it means, its multi-dimensional nature, and purpose's inability to be restricted to a single role, geography, or even event. He then introduces us to the concept of purpose paranoia - the limiting irrational and persistent feeling that others with similar gifts and talents who are exercising them in ways we envision for our life are out to sabotage us or intrude upon the ambitions we have for ourselves. ...
Jan 14, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. helps us remove the cognitive baggage associated with the idea of action in faith, especially as we start a new year. Rather than adopting the obligation to make a New Year's resolution which is often a reflection of what others want for or from us, Dr. Stephen shows us that what we authentically and personally have faith for are invitations to move in faith with anticipation rather than anxiety –– one step at a time. Connect with Dr. Stephen V. LinkedIn: Stephen ...
Jan 05, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 23
In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. reminds us that people and our relationships with them are worth much more than our opinions and points of view. He offers some guidance for keeping our opinions/perspectives from damaging the quality of our interactions with loved ones during the holidays. In this episode Dr. Stephen V.: Gives a practical approach to the spiritual principle of taking our thoughts captive when engaging in relationships we say we value Explains how taking a step back from our posit...
Dec 23, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this Tuesday's Take Dr. Stephen V. covers the loves affair we have with rushing and how our ability to do things under pressure should actually be the result of your steady endured commitment to consistent planning over time. When we make the decision to manage our lives from that perspective, and the need to rush becomes, unavoidable we can accelerate our actions and even skip the right steps safely with minimal harm to people who can be impacted by our actions. Connect with Dr. Stephen V. T...
Dec 21, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. talks about the dangers of letting your talent rule you rather than you ruling your talent. He shows us how talent that has been exploited in public but not coached in private is a recipe for making exceptional people intolerable to follow and squanders the talent of the people they are supposed to influence for the better. He also offers some ways you can protect yourself so you can flourish in those environments while you pursue change. Connect with Dr. Stephen ...
Dec 07, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. reminds us that even in our workplace, the power of simply being available to others when it counts the most to them pays huge dividends. Far more than our talent and our skill; far more valuable than our ability to get things done, and more impactful than our meeting those always approaching deadlines — as important as they all might be — is our humane gift of availability. Connect with Dr. Stephen V. LinkedIn: Stephen V. Peters, Ed.D. ––https://www.linkedin.com/...
Nov 09, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 19
What rules do you live by? The rules we live by have power and create the framework for the decisions we make, the roles we take, the work we do, as well as the people and spaces we impact, today, in the future, and long after we are gone. In a reflection on the wisdom and counsel of Former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell who died and left this side of eternity on October 18, 2021, we learn that we have the ability to write the rules we allow to inform and lead how we do life. Dr. Steph...
Nov 05, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. explores one of the most common stressors leading people to feel overwhelmed, outpaced, and traumatized over and over again –– and that's functioning in roles that don't allow their gifts and talents to flourish. He discusses the difference between skill and capacity as well as how staying in your lane honors requires the willingness to give up investing your energies in building a kingdom/territory you were very meant to rule in the first place. Connect with Dr. ...
Oct 27, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Have you ever had a hard time figuring out if someone, including yourself, was acting out of a resistance to change or resistance to trust? In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. gives us a framework for understanding the difference between resistance to change and resistance to trust. He discusses the origin of each one and focuses specifically on strategies we can utilize to help move people out of the mental "park position" when they are experiencing a resistance to trust. Connect with Dr. Stephen V...
Oct 12, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode, Dr. Stephen V. is joined by Dr. Tamika Pollins who runs the full-service consultancy firm, Pollins & Associates. One key facet of her mission is coaching women out of self-defeating mindsets that sabotage their leadership, business, and brand. Dr. Pollins is a multi-talented leader, gifted speaker, education expert, and specialist in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion, with over 22 years of award-winning experience. Dr. Pollins supports people and systems in the a...
Oct 07, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 15
One of the first creative acts we perform each day begins in our closets. Figuring out what to wear has more implications for how we show up in the world and at work than we might think. The relationship we have with our closet can ignite or extinguish the creative capacities we "wear" in the world and in our work. Connect with Dr. Stephen V. Twitter: @takecareandlive - Take Care & Live Podcast – https://twitter.com/takecareandlive @stephenvpeters – https://twitter.com/stephenvpeters Conside...
Sep 28, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Dr. Stephen V. shows us that the life and legacy we realize are the offspring of where our belief is grounded. This episode is a sequel to an earlier episode: "Ep. 2. Pushing Through Belief Gaps". Connect with Dr. Stephen V. Twitter: Dr. Stephen V. – https://twitter.com/stephenvpeters Take Care & Live Podcast – https://twitter.com/takecareandlive Consider rating and writing a brief review of the show... I would love it if you would take a moment to rate and leave a review of the show on Podc...
Sep 15, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 13
With over 750 million members, LinkedIn is the premier business networking platform. LinkedIn's members count is only second in users worldwide to Instagram who has 1 billion users, yet many professionals do a horrible job maximizing their user experience on this platform. In this Tuesday's Take, Dr. Stephen V. offers some easy ways to bring the pulse back to your profile –– an invaluable step in connections and cultivating relationships with people who should not only know what you do but the v...
Sep 08, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Delays can often frustrate us! They are typically unplanned and inconvenient. However, they don't have to be drawn out traumatic experiences, and that's a relief! When handled well, delays can be an opportunity to prepare for that new moment in time to execute at our best. Today we'll look at the specific ways leaders at all levels can help those the lead navigate, cope and thrive in the face of delays. Connect with Dr. Stephen V. Twitter: Dr. Stephen V. – https://twitter.com/stephenvpeters Take...
Aug 31, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Overloaded inboxes, old files, and cloud storage full of notes, documents, relationships, and beliefs from the past are poor stewards of our present and future. Be they good or bad holding on to “old files” are traps we create for ourselves literally and figuratively that keep us from looking ahead and moving forward. Connect with Dr. Stephen V. Twitter: Dr. Stephen V. – https://twitter.com/stephenvpeters Take Care & Live Podcast – https://twitter.com/takecareandlive Consider rating and writ...
Aug 24, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 10
