Q: How is solving problems like wearing a miner’s headlamp? A: Because it let’s you see everyone else’s clearly, but you’re still in the dark when it comes to looking at yourself. Do any of these sound familiar? “I tell others not to beat themselves up for mistakes, but I have a hard time […]
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” -The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Yesterday we commemorated the incredible life and works of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I won’t begin to pretend to understand the reality of the […]
“Which is right? Being clear and direct, or sugar-coating everything?” If I had a dollar for every time a client asked this question – or some version of it – I could have retired by now. (Okay, maybe not, but I’d be a lot closer!) It’s a common expression of frustration when people […]
( Comic by José María Nieto @humorjmnieto) Happy New Year! Why happy? Because I’m choosing to make it happy. Don’t get me wrong – it would be easy to join the blamers, complainers and nay-sayers. After all: Most of my family had some (thankfully minor) version of Covid over Christmas […]
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey We did it again! We are in the home stretch of 2021 and looking back, I am incredibly grateful for everything I have: a nice home […]
“Diplomacy is the art of letting others have your way.” – Daniele Vare When my older son (technically my stepson) T., was around 12 or 13, we got an email from one of his teachers informing us that he had been clowning around, talking too much, and otherwise being disruptive in class – a […]
I did it again. This weekend I started my annual Christmas cookie baking frenzy, which is always fun and a great tradition to do with my kids. There’s just one problem. With each batch, I tell myself, “I’m JUST going to taste one to make sure it came out okay…” but inevitably […]
A little while ago I was running a day-long training for the national sales leadership team – about 100 people – for a major tech company, and in the middle of the program I heard something I’d never heard before: “Booooo!” I was stunned. Where the heck did THAT come from? I […]
A few years ago, about midway through my dad's progressive battle with Alzheimer's, I remember getting an exasperated phone call from mom: “I can't let him bring in the mail anymore,” she said. “We get so many solicitations from every kind of organization asking for money, and I just realized that whenever he gets […]
It's two days before Thanksgiving, and knowing that in 48 hours I'll be hosting two dozen people for the first time in nearly two years, my life is already full of lists: What I still need to pick up from the grocery store Who is bringing what (tons of appetizers, side dishes, and most […]
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