We Need Each Other
Last week I took my first red eye flight in over 20 years. Taking overnight flights used to be the norm when I worked in a bank with a West Coast presence. Notwithstanding the exhaustion, I would land at 6:00 am, go home to shower and change and be in the office for a full
After the Clarity Comes the Resistance
Originally published Jan 31 2020 When I was in high school, I created a huge “mural” in my bedroom that was at least as big as my bedroom door. On it were pictures I cut and pasted from magazines. Hundreds of pictures, all slammed together into this huge piece of paper. Seriously, there was no
Unscientific Evidence That What We Believe Matters
Blog Originally Posted May 12, 2022 A few years ago, I was helping kids in a local community race. The children had an obstacle course to navigate, and my job was to offer both direction and encouragement as they ran the course. I was not the only one yelling encouragement. There were lots of us
Wanting Two Things at Once
Several years ago, I facilitated an ongoing leadership development program that had me traveling the Washington DC at least once or twice a month. I enjoyed everything about this program except the 15 pounds I gained over the 18 months of the program. What the heck?
The Magic in the Moments
We were snowed in for several days this week. When we went to bed on Saturday night, it was with the anticipation of waking up to snow.
Steady Action
I heard someone this week state “Mood follows action.” It reminded me of a saying we often used when I was leading change projects in my former life in banking: “You can’t think your way into a new way of acting. You have to act your way into a new way of thinking.”