Author: Kitty Allen

We all have an explanatory style. Simply put, your explanatory style is the way in which you explain your circumstances to yourself, whether positive or negative. It directly impacts your attitude, your response and your emotional state.  Most of us don’t think about our explanatory style, and worse we aren’t even aware of its influence in … Continue reading Day 186 – ABCs of optimism…

On this Independence Day it is good to recall the courage, the sacrifices and the faith of those who fought for freedom to establish our Republic. Against all odds. The history of the Revolutionary War is a vivid picture of the importance of having a strong Core and the consequences of a weak one.  The … Continue reading Day 185 – Learned optimism…

I love Chet’s brilliant architecture of the BTL Twelve Essentials of Excellence. Yesterday we wrapped up the Build Your Knowledge of Self essential and today we move right into the Build Your Optimism essential. Chet always has a purpose. These two essentials are directly connected. As we build greater self-knowledge we can see our integrity … Continue reading Day 184 – Learntohelpyourleaderville…

Fittingly, as I write a reflection on Chet’s Day 183 entry in BBTL, today is the anniversary of my beloved dad’s birthday. My dad was the most unique, tough, brilliant, strong-willed, one-of-a-kind leader I’ve ever known. Fact. And who he was showed up very early in life…check out the dude in the photo below, circa … Continue reading Day 183 – Be you

Thank you, Jiggs, for your kind words and gracious handoff! I truly enjoyed your writing and was inspired and stretched by your insights last month.  I trust that as our Band of Builders is taking turns on the blog this year our readers are beginning to experience the BTL purpose through our writing:  Together we … Continue reading Day 182 – Feedback you can use