It doesn’t matter which side of the table you are sitting on, working through development planning as an employee or with your employees can be painful. The conversation sometimes goes like this: “I don’t know, I’ve been here so long, what is there really left to learn?” or “There is so much uncertainty right now, […]
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Turning 35… or, screw the plan!
Remember, when you were 8, you used to think people in their 20’s were old. And then when you were 16, it became people in their 30’s. Now as we get older, it turns out that age is just a number. We can be as old or as young as we act, bodies be damned. […]
Daydream believer…or, why the dog needs to take notes
Do you daydream? You know, where you spend time thinking about the things that could be, the words you could say, the actions you could take? There are countless articles espousing the power of the daydream. Daydreams give us hope, they help us to visualize the things we are after. The power of daydreams in […]
Quit wasting time… or why binge watching Glee helped me break-up with Netflix
Binge watching Glee over the December holidays helped me break-up with Netflix. Ok, like not really break-up, more like take a break – like Ross and Rachel. Here’s the thing, I’m going to get really personal about my TV watching habits, and you are likely to judge me by the shows I watch and the […]
Year in Review – 2015
What a year! “I’ve never done this before.” That’s a statement I’ve said many times this year, and no sense ending the year without at least one more first, my first year in review post. And like many of the other firsts I have had this year, I don’t really know how to do this, […]
Choose ENTHUSIASM!
I’m a fan of the exclamation point! It gives a sense of expression. It let’s people know that hey, I’m excited! Or hey, look out there is a bear behind you! AHHH! I was in line yesterday in the cafeteria and the cashier asked the guy in front of me how things were going. The […]
The world needs more dance parties…
Dancing can be incredibly novel, liberating, and character building. As a child I used to put on a tape (yes tape of the cassette variety) of Madonna, Roxette, Aerosmith, or some other artist from that era of late 80s early 90s and I would dance. Shimmying around the living room, jumping, twirling, and usually accompanied […]
Having it all…
I bet you thought you couldn’t have it all. You were wrong. We could get in a debate about it. But instead of arguing let’s look at it logically. What is “it all”? What is it that you are trying to accomplish? For so many, and for so long, the idea of having it all, […]
Getting caught in judgement…
There exists a chair, so comfortable, the cushions deep and soft that you don’t really sit as much as sink into it. It is made of luxuriously soft material, and no matter if your cat is the fluffiest or your dog the sheddiest nothing ever sticks to you or the chair. It is tempting to sit […]
Finding your voice…
There is a lot of noise in the world. Tires on pavement, sirens singing an emergent cry, politicians and wannabes peddling their message, media conglomerations decidedly left or right, and social media heavy on memes and short on connection. In all this noise it’s hard to determine what is your voice and what is an […]