Age as an excuse
I really have a hard time accepting it when people use age as an excuse. “I’m too old to take the stairs.” “I’m too old to learn how to use a new phone, app, program, AI, etc.” “I don’t want to get my hearing, vision, blood pressure, prostate, mammogram, or some other preventative exam….” Really? […]
Plan sooner
What if you pretended that it was already Dec 31, 2025? What if you were already planning strategy for 2026? What would you want to have accomplished in 2025 to make 2026 a great year? I’ve noticed that when I plan ahead like that, I complete so many of the small foreseeable steps, that I […]
Resolutions?
You may have started the year with earnest resolutions to eat less, exercise more, spend more time with loved ones, etc., and now it is one month in to the year. How are you doing? Tell me, did anything go right? Honestly, I didn’t even make any resolutions knowing I would be on vacation until […]
Los Angeles – we will rise!
The helicopters are still circling. The winds are coming back. The fires are not out. Houses are gone. People are still evacuated. The houses that remain are smoke damaged. No one is going back in until the toxic remains are removed….AND YET…. we will rise! Los Angeles – we will rise! Together, we will rebuild […]
Containers around the world
Living near L.A-Long Beach, the largest port in the US, I’ve seen a lot of containers being moved. I’ve toured the port and been up in the big crane facilities that can load and unload 6 ships at a time. There is a special rail line expressway, the Alameda Corridor, that takes containers out of […]
Revisiting Sydney
It was Sept. 2000, when I flew to Sydney for the summer Olympics. It was my 3rd Olympics, having attended L.A. in 1984 and Barcelona in 1992. I was over the moon excited and it met that expectation. Going with the U.S. Track & Field Association meant access to all the tickets for Athletics and […]
Happy holidays!
It is all a matter of perspective, isn’t it? Here is my 70 pound poodle looking twice my size. Is that the way your troubles look? Keeping up with all the changes in our world from AI, to staying ahead financially, to potential tariffs and deportations – what a world! Despite it all, taking […]
Desperately seeking peace and quiet?
Is turning your brain off enough to go to sleep a problem for you? Or, are you waking up in the middle of the night and awake for hours? How about the kids waking you up because, well, they are small children, and that’s what kids do? It seems like in one way or another […]
“Rewirement” – Not Retirement
I heard the phrase this week “Rewirement, not Retirement”, and I’ve been mulling it around for a few days. Many of my 1-2-1’s this year have been with folks thinking of retirement, and they are not too sure what happens next. Yes, they can jump into consulting, or board work, and, they plan lots of […]
Future you
It is a year from now, Dec 1. 2025, and you are sitting in a comfy chair with an afghan on your lap (or a poodle). You think back over the last year, and you feel a sense of accomplishment. What goals did you set in December of 2024 that you achieved because of the […]