The battle for Focus is on! As if it is not enough that we already have too much to do . . . now the “devices” have entered the fray. If it’s not your computer, then it’s your “smart” phone, or your (Dick Tracy-like) Apple watch. You can try to focus – but then what is that text say? Or the Linked In update, or Tweet, or FaceBook message . . . much less the more normal … [Read more...] about Endangered Resource: Focus
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Thankfulness & Savoring: 2015
Below is a blog from Thanksgiving 2012 in which I discuss the power of savoring each moment, and being thankful for it. I mention having a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with my Dad and savoring our time together -- because "at 87+ who knows how much longer I will have time with him." Dad died last August 30 and I often think of this special Thanksgiving with him. Slow down … [Read more...] about Thankfulness & Savoring: 2015
Crosswalk Convert
This blog has nothing to do with strategy, leadership, or teamwork. Then again, maybe it does . . . I moved to a new neighborhood a couple of years ago. This changed my commute and took me down a street with a crosswalk in the middle of a very long block. I wasn’t used to a crosswalk that was not located at a street corner, so I did what everyone else did – I sped … [Read more...] about Crosswalk Convert
The Moon Shot vs Cancer
One of the best examples of a successful Almost Impossible Stretch Goal is the Moon Shot. (To read more about the power of Almost Impossible Goals, click here.) On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy – in a speech to a joint session of Congress – announced the goal of landing a man on the moon and safely returning him to Earth. For those of you not alive in the 1960s, … [Read more...] about The Moon Shot vs Cancer
Thankfulness & Savoring
You probably don’t have time to read this because you are ON THE GO! Same here. In fact, I didn’t have time to write this because I am ON THE GO! But, if you take a couple of minutes to read this it just might improve your quality of life. I have been reading some of the positive psychology books recently, two in particular by Martin Seligman. One is Learned Optimism, … [Read more...] about Thankfulness & Savoring