“Clutter is not just physical stuff. It’s old ideas, toxic relationships, and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your better self.” Recently, friends and I attended a transition celebration for the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, the original, and...
“If your actions inspire other to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams In sports, a coach is someone with applicable experiences who mentors a novice to improve by sharing past learning, observing...
When the Answer is the Question In the middle of facilitating a day-long design for a community of families, patients, researchers, and physicians in the field of pediatric epilepsy who had gathered together to discuss the impact of surgery, I learned a lot...
I have an empowered, ‘smarty-pants’ watch A stranger is just a friend I haven’t met yet.” ~ Will Rogers I love to laugh at myself and with others. I love the unplanned, serendipitous, funny moments that happen. And I love to retell the...
“A valid answer comes when the question is lived.” ― Elizabeth Vongsaravanh I just recently purchased a new home. It is bigger than the little cottage where I lived with my two very large dogs. It has a basement and attic which is a first for me. (I never wanted to...
When the fog of grief from my mother’s death cleared, and I made my way back from exhaustion and imbalance, I was rewarded with fresh clarity. Since then, many of the challenges of my personal life have started to make sense. I don’t know if it is part of the...
Cultivating leadership is my passion. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” —Jim RohnI have come to learn that leadership is one of the most essential elements to organizational health and success — but not the only one. However, without...
I write to process my feelings. I post to share universal lessons that I think other’s will appreciate. I chronicle to remember what I was feeling, thinking, and doing in extraordinary moments. I journal to find my self-awareness and to clarify my feelings and...
Step Twelve: Put Fun into Action“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” — Dale CarnegieStart today, give yourself permission, try something new, and connect with someone who inspires you to have fun. Infusing fun into work doesn’t...
Step Eleven: Become Known as “Fun Loving”“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the Game.”Michael JordanYou can decide who you want to bring to work each day. It is the attitude that you choose that will support you and create the reputation you have with your co-workers and...
Step Ten: Smile and Laugh a Lot“The human race has only one effective weapon – and that is laughter.” Mark Twain“Laughter is the best medicine.” “He who laughs last, lasts.” Science tells us that smiling and laughter release endorphins in our bodies which combat...
“A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.” Richard Branson, Virgin Airways Step Nine: Make Fun Inclusive Fun, joy, and happiness are universal concepts. An act of joy, fun, or playfulness extended to another...
Step Eight: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Fun “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”— ee.e.cummings My father frequently said, ‘Work hard and when you are done and if you are deserving—then and only then you can have your fun.’ That might have...
Step Six: Look for the Humor in the Situation“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” —ProverbInstead of rules, restrictions and limitations, we need to inspire others by giving them permission to bring the best of their whole selves to work each and every day....
“As long as you’re having fun, that’s the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it’s over.” — Barry GibbSilly isn’t stupid. In fact, humor requires intelligence. Humor used to defuse a tense situation is a highly evolved skill. Individuals who can take their job...
“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.” Reba McEntire Fun is a natural, life giving force which each of us can access whenever we want. The greatest obstacle to our embracing our natural sense of fun is often our own...
“Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.” — Randy PauschWhat gets recognized is repeated. When you celebrate the good things that happen, when fun and work collide, you reinforce the message that everything gets better when you remember to lighten up....
Step Three: Create an Environment that Encourages Fun“There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.”— Gelett BurgessDon’t be afraid to let everyone find and share...
Step One: Start with Yourself “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” — George Bernard Shaw If you want to have fun you need to be fun-loving. It is inside each of us. Let it show in all that you do. Share it will others...
“If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.”— Herodotus INTRODUCTION TO FUN @ WORKThe dominant cultural theory about fun is that it should be earned – that it...
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which, he simply pursues his vision of excellence through...
I find myself surrounded by people who fear conflict and who lack the confidence and tools to engage the normal, day-to-day bumps and bruises with ease. For most of my life I would have included myself in this group. No one in my family was a role model for setting...
Everyone can be a good coach. Everyone can benefit from a good coach. “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.” — Fred Devito A person close to me is in transition and at loose ends. They have entered that period of life known as...
“”Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.”—- Roy T. Bennett “The Light in the Heart” I have always understood and believed in the power of...
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