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A Glimpse at the Leaders of the Future
I saw the leaders of the future in a hotel in The Hague.
When I checked into the hotel, I was disappointed that I would be spending a week far from the city center with snow expected almost every day. I was teaching a leadership class so I would have little time to explore the city. The view out my window was populated by bare trees and a distant skyline.
Yet inside,
5 things to do on a rainy day
Today is a rainy day in Phoenix, Arizona. I have a to-do list of course, but I just can't stir up the energy to accomplish more than answering email. So what should I do with this rare day of no appointments or deadlines? Here's what I decided.
Can you define ‘easy?’
A mountain biking lesson offers a reflection on how people judge what is easy and hard in life, and if we hold each other to unreasonable standards.
What’s your cause?
Instead of writing goals this year, can you define your cause? Goals create actions which might have an effect. Causes create effects, making the goals that arise more fluid, adaptable and meaningful.
St. Thomas Aquinas wrote:
I have a cause.
We need those, don't we?
Otherwise the darkness and the cold gets in
and everything starts to
ache.
My soul has a purpose, it is
to love.
If I
do not fulfill
my heart's vocation,
I suffer.
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What inside your heart is asking
A Long Way from “An Education̶...
My excuse is predictable--I haven't posted much lately because I'm working to meet my book deadlines. Life is too busy, too chaotic and unpredictable to stay in touch. Sound familiar?
Yet after watching the movie, An Education, I am grateful for my crazy, full life. It wasn't too long ago women had so few options in life that marriage seemed like a good escape from a colorless future. Not that nursing
Five tips for detaching from judgment
Judgment takes up real estate in your brain. Your working memory has limited capacity. When you are judging others or yourself, you are limiting your creativity. You are also decreasing your sense of humor and fun.
When you negatively judge someone, you can barely hear what they have to say.
Tip #1 Take in and release your breath slowly to clear your mind.
You might find the person who is annoying you isn’t
Cool new book on handling difficult peop...
My friend and colleague, Marsha Petrie Sue offers up a hardcore guide for responding instead of reacting in tough times in her new book The Reactor Factor: How to Handle Difficult Work Situations Without Going Nuclear.
Anyone can prevent getting sucked into all the ugliness of the workplace and stop the negative spiral. Here are some of the topics:
Learn to manage those spoiled brats in the office.
Know how to
Maintaining motivation when you know you...
A client recently asked me how to she can enjoy waking up and going to work when she knows that as soon as she can, she is going to move on to something new. One of the most difficult parts of making a career move is to avoid feeling like a lame duck at work once you have made the decision to leave.
Although planning a new move is inspirational, the
A great new book
The Book--The Compromise Trap: How to Thrive at Work Without Selling Your Soul
Why Read It? Compromises are part of our everyday work lives, but what happens when we start compromising personal values and beliefs?
Author Elizabeth Doty interviewed employees at all levels to learn more about the consequences people face when they enter into devil's bargains and find themselves trapped in situations they are unwilling to stay in but are
What do you grieve for?
I am amazed how whatever I need shows up on the Internet in the form of a quote, blog post, or tweet from a friend. I lost my cat last week. On the day my heart hurt the most, a blog from a friend carried this quote:
"Every great loss demands that we choose life again. We need to grieve in order to do this." Rachel Naomi Remen,
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