Allowing Travel to Make a Change

Allowing Travel to Make a Change

are “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You...
What Have You Noticed?

What Have You Noticed?

  “It’s a gift to exist, and with existence comes suffering.”   — Stephen Colbert     If someone said to you, “I will give you six months to work from home, be with your family, discover new ways of working and relating” would you...
Have You Ever Been Hijacked?

Have You Ever Been Hijacked?

When good intention is met with resistance, what do you do?   “You have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.” — St. Francis of Assisi Have you ever been hijacked by a use of force? Even...
We Are Imperfect

We Are Imperfect

  “We are not perfect, we are learning. That’s the beauty in our specific journey.”— Alex Elle   I asked a friend for feedback on my Secrets blog. I am anxious that what I write is responsible and relevant. As the fog and weight of grief and physical...
An Experience for a Lifetime

An Experience for a Lifetime

“Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.” — Jim Rohn   While a colleague and I were talking business on the phone, he shared that he...
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again

“The deeper we try to dig into space, time, and the unknown, the closer we get to where we originally started.”― Rajesh, “Random Cosmos”   I am showing my age. This reference is to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Yes, for those of you who are up on...
Which Lens Makes the Most Sense?

Which Lens Makes the Most Sense?

“Adulthood is not an age, but a stage of knowledge of self.” — John Fowles   From an early age, I knew that numbers and formulas was not my path to success. I knew, however, that I was good at observing, interpreting, and quickly understanding the...
Can You See the Moon?

Can You See the Moon?

“My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon.” ― Mizuta Masahide 17th century Japanese poet and Samurai   Part of this experience is a mind game. Difficult issues require planning, preparation, practice, and a solid mental mindset. In spite of what are...
My Perspective was Reset

My Perspective was Reset

“We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash, and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste,...
Wisdom in the Moment. Leadership in the Future.

Wisdom in the Moment. Leadership in the Future.

  The world, nature, human beings, do not move like machines. The edges are never clear-cut, but always frayed. Nature never draws a line without smudging it. —Winston Churchill In a conversation this week a colleague so eloquently described all of the confluences...
When We Find Our Human Connections

When We Find Our Human Connections

“Coming home is one of the most beautiful things.” — Andre Rieu   Life is about shouldering our responsibilities, making our way through the day in a positive way and fielding the problems that are tossed in our direction. Life is a form of boot camp...
In the Middle of the Race

In the Middle of the Race

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” — Albert Einstein  Physicist & Nobel Laureate Early in the first weeks of the Coronavirus Pandemic I floated the metaphor of Marathon as a way of describing the collective event that we are currently...
The Statement of Saying Nothing

The Statement of Saying Nothing

Is this a divine ‘Time Out’ to interrupt our frayingand help us to find our footing? Twelve weeks into my first ever pandemic I am conforming to new expectations, reinventing how I work and relate, and finding ways to be relevant and contributing. For the most part I...
The Tsunami of Transformation

The Tsunami of Transformation

“Don’t squander this. Let it make you more tender. Let it rewrite what matters. Let it bring you closer to all you love, to all you could lose. Let it bring you to your knees.” — Heather Lanier The World is changing around me while I shelter in place. For more than...
Did You Go to Summer Camp?

Did You Go to Summer Camp?

“You can leave camp but camp never seems to leave you.”   I had a thought this morning that there are some lessons from summer camp that can apply to our current situation. I try to draw inspiration from anything I can in an attempt to keep my mindset positive...
Buy a Sandwich for a Hero

Buy a Sandwich for a Hero

“Remember that your fans are your lifeblood. See that you know who they are,and give them a reason to follow you. Be sure to thank them, often,for caring enough to support you.They’re responsible for your success just as much as you are.” ― Simon Zingerman, “We...
Widening Our Circle of Compassion

Widening Our Circle of Compassion

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe,a part limited in time and space.He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelingas something separated from the rest,a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.This delusion is a kind of prison for...
Edwin’s Restaurant and Leadership Institute

Edwin’s Restaurant and Leadership Institute

“Community service gives me a valuable opportunity to walk into a different community that is less familiar to me but just as colorful and most importantly, in need.” — Caroline Landry Once I have attended to my home and work  responsibilities during this pandemic, I...
The Achievement Centers

The Achievement Centers

   “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” —  Dr. Seuss As an homage to the book In Search of Excellence, which shifted our focus from the economic malaise of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, I would like to share...
Out of the Bad, Good

Out of the Bad, Good

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” ~ Marcus Aurelius Out of bad things good can come. This has been a theme of our human...
Things End, Life Goes On

Things End, Life Goes On

Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. — Elizabeth Scott, “Perfect You” This is the last blog in The–Pandemic–as–a–Marathon series and I am circling back to ask myself what I have learned, what I will advance, and what I will be letting go of as I...
A Year of Living and Dying

A Year of Living and Dying

“Life doesn’t come with a manual.  It comes with a Mother.”   Facebook has a function that shares the posts of previous years on the day that you posted them. I look forward to seeing what I was doing in the last years. It reminds me of...
When My Mother and I Became Friends

When My Mother and I Became Friends

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” — Norman Cousins   During the 2020 COVID 19 crisis, I find myself really missing my mother. I yearn to hear her perspective;   I miss having her as my...
Teachable Lessons

Teachable Lessons

“She was unstoppable. Not because she did not have failures or doubts.But because she continued on despite them.” ― Beau Taplin, “Unstoppable.” This pandemic presents a preponderance of opportunities for teachable moments. When we encounter something...