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Revisiting Sydney
- Category: Living Well, Uncategorized
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...
Happy holidays!
- Category: Living Well, Uncategorized
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...
Desperately seeking peace and quiet?
- Category: Living Well, Overcome Obstacles, Uncategorized
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...
“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...
Future you
- Category: Living Well, Management Focus, Supply Chain, Uncategorized
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...
Gamify joy finding
- Category: Mindset, Uncategorized
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...
Charge and re-charge
- Category: Making better decisions, Time Management, Uncategorized
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...
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...
Password buddy
- Category: Living Well, Making better decisions, Uncategorized
In the worst case scenario. say, you were in a car accident, would someone know the password for your phone, or for your computer? Who has your Medical Power of...
finding creativity in small places
- Category: Company Culture, Innovation, Uncategorized
The local bakery has fabulous bread. When I went there this weekend they had many Halloween cookies and other treats that one might expect at this time of year. Not...
Infrastructure investment- we need it.
- Category: Uncategorized
The United States has a gap between the infrastructure we have and the one we need if we are to grow our economy and remain a dominant strategic power. China...
Blue zones aren’t real
- Category: Making better decisions, Uncategorized
I must have been 5 when I finally accepted that Santa Claus was a myth. I think we love our myths as humans, especially ones that result in unexpected and...
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