“My goal in life? Be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. ” — Unknown I was raised in Pittsburgh and we watched “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.” So I’m certain his counsel to “Be a Helper” entered my psyche over time. However, I believe...
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg,not smashing it.” ― Arnold H. Glasow This week, I shared with several clients my observation that right now people are like papier-mâché eggs. While this concept does...
“Rescue meOh take me in your armsRescue meI want your tender charms’Coz I’m lonely and I’m blueI need you and your love tooCome on and rescue me.” — “Rescue Me” by Aretha Franklin What experiences of your life...
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford Today at breakfast — while coaching a friend and former client — I found that what I had been discovering in my life...
“Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer.” — Anita Krizzan We are emerging from the short, dark days of winter. With each day — which is now lighter, longer, and warmer — we are reminded of our resiliency. In my...
“In a wicked world, relying upon experience from a single domain is not only limiting, it can be disastrous.” — David Epstein For my entire career, I have been working to create, nurture, and reclaim the cultures of the organizations and leaders whom I...
We all wear different hats, wear various face-masks, every day under different situations and variable environments. Deep down, we all want the grasp of the hats and face-masks to get loosened so that we ourselves can find our true existence. — Subhashis Biswas ...
“Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last Just kicking down the cobblestones Looking for fun and feeling groovy Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy.” ― Paul Simon “The 59th Street Bridge Song” As you make your way...
“When the wind blows in your face, when you feel you are losing your head, when the going gets tough, and when all else fails, look inside you, you are not alone.” ― Malak El Halabi I live alone. And I am occasionally lonely. During this pandemic, I have spent...
” Who am I this time?” — Harry Nash, in Kurt Vonnegut’s short story of the same name I have never been attached to having a title. We as people are always labeling people by their age, gender, hometown and so much more. The power...
“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus Did anyone else run out of steam towards the end of the year 2020? Did you struggle to find the holiday cheer during a social distancing pandemic?...
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?” – John Steinbeck The end of summer meant the end of endless play. No more picnics or swimming or traveling vacation. And that meant it was time for school. Which of course meant...
“If you have gained the trust of a horse, You have won a friend for life.” — Equestrian Co. Ask and you shall receive. (That is if you are open to it and willing to be receiving.) I am more comfortable with giving than I am with asking for help and...
If you can’t fly, then run;if you can’t run, then walk;if you can’t walk, then crawl.But whatever you do,you have to keep moving forward. — Martin Luther King, Jr. I have had the great fortune in my life to both to mentor and be mentored. In all cases I always...
“You may think your light is small, but it can make a huge difference in other people’s lives.” — Anonymous Though we are related, I did not grow into a relationship with my cousin or his wife until I started to visit my uncle as a surrogate for my mother who...
“Your path is illuminated by the light, yet darkness lets the stars shine bright.” — J.L.W. Brooks As I interviewed my friend and colleague, Ralph Febbo, I learned that he had run ten marathons and so understood my use of the metaphor immediately. Ralph has been...
“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.” — Desiderius Erasmus My clients have learned to expect that I come to our conversations with as many questions as I do recommendations. I love how a good question can open up space, awareness, and...
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear,and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” — H.P. Lovecraft In late winter we watched a virus migrate around the globe. We saw our lives became more complex but at the same time...
“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” — Charles Bukowski I use metaphor to soften the impact of words and make sense of complexity. Words shape worlds. And if I had attached too many negative adjectives to describe what we were...
“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.” — Joseph Campbell Is anyone else tired or feeling overwhelmed? Have you learned to have boundaries...
“Who shall tell the lady’s griefWhen her Cat was past relief?Who shall number the hot tearsShed o’er her, beloved for years?Who shall say the dark dismayWhich her dying caused that day?” — Christina Rossetti Everyone has a different reaction...
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson I do know that life is a series of experiences with lessons attached so I have learned to ask myself, “What am I supposed to be learning from this situation?” I have...
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not followDon’t walk behind me… I may not leadWalk beside me… just be my friend”― Albert Camus In a world that feels like we are fracturing into pieces, and conversations that focus more on difference than commonality, I had a...
“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. — Lao Tzu Recently, my life has been filled with many passages. Now that I think about and reflect upon them, I realize that life is a series of voyages like these. From dependence...
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