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 […]
Gamify joy finding
Why is it that pets and small children find joy in little things all day long? Why are the rest of us so grumpy? They/we were born with this ability and we lose it with time. To recreate it, I suggest we gamify joy finding. Our grumpy side may say “we don’t have time for […]
Charge and re-charge
If you have seasonality to your work life like I do, planning recharge time after charge time is more necessary than we might think. The second week of each month when I have my Vistage meetings is what I plan my whole month around. If you have to close books, it might be the last […]
Don’t waste your energy on what you can’t control
This week, I have spent many hours talking Members through their disappointment and fears around the outcome of the election. Higher tariffs, anti-immigrant policies, hateful and divisive language threaten their business success and members of their families and their communities. I find wise counsel once again in the leadership principles outlined by Stephen Covey in the […]