Step Out. Step Up.
In the brave new world we in which we will soon live, when this chaos is over, significant changes will prevail. Will life be more complex? Will we downsize life as easily as we choose (as predicted) less square footage in our new homes? Will we work less; sabbatical more? Or will we choose a [...]
goofing off. NOT.
I had an interesting conversation with an amazing entrepreneur this week. Let’s call him Jim. He has founded and sold several business, has a not for profit enterprise to raise money for microloans to people in disadvantaged countries, and has a new internet based natural soap business. After an amazingly intense and successful [...]
Whether the frumpy, middle-aged Susan Boyle who stepped onto the “Britain’s Got Talent” stage is a “plant” or “for real” is hotly debated on the internet. It’s immaterial. Will she win the Idol competition? It doesn’t matter.
She’s already changed her life …. and thrown down the gauntlet of possibility for us to change ours.
This story is [...]
This is an unpredictable world. Duh – no kidding – you say. I begin this blog with a statement of the painfully obvious. We all know and experience the unpredictability of these times everyday single day in the news and as change manifests in our own lives.
I have a friend who has worked for a global [...]
Moms of the world, this post’s for you. Whether you work full time, part time or devote all of your energy to your family, are sabbaticals for you?
Alina Tugend, a New York Times reporter broaches this subject at the end of her recent column, “The Best Time To Ask For a Sabbatical Could Be [...]
We all go through periods of chaos, crazy busyness, and being stuck in our lives. And we all need a way to come back to equilibrium, health, and sanity. Luckily we all have reset buttons and they come in small, medium, and large. You can read about examples of these three sizes in my recent [...]
My last post dealt with resistance you might expect from others. There’s another kind of resistance that’s more powerful and sinister. It can rear its ugly head when we least expect it and it lives and breathes inside all of us. I’ve heard it referred to as our internal saboteur or gremlin by The Coach’s [...]
Gladwell’s manifesto, The Outliers, begins with hockey players and their birth dates. You should check yours because I’m pretty sure you are in the column of “born too late” when it comes to individual greatness.
But, let’s keep going anyway and look at the other prerequisites.
Exceptional achievement equals being born at the right time – the [...]
Have you ever met someone that the word – impressive, comes to mind? And although this person has a great resume, is authentic, credible, a real problem owner, and an expert talent in their field – none of this is what impresses you. What impresses you is their extraordinary grace and giving of their spirit. [...]