Feeling Passionless?
I have heard more grumblings as of late from people feeling passionless. Their needs are met, they make good money, they are even in satisfying relationships. Yet there is a blankness in their stare that reflects the baffling void once filled with a flame. Purpose and passion go [...]
Got Time?
I often hear people say, “I worked hard all week but didn’t get anything done”. When I ask a few more questions the answer inevitably exposes that what captured their time were requests to help with other people’s priorities, not their own. In other words, they spent 100 [...]
The Spring Challenge
Every stage of life has a pacifier in it. Something we nurse, or hold on to for comfort. At its best this calms our nerves and eases our mind. At its worse it keeps us stuck in a stage of life that we are destined to outgrow. The [...]
Disruptive or Innovative: How Will You Embrace This Change?
There has been much conversation in recent years about disruptive innovation. The term loosely describes any situation in which an industry or business is shaken up and the previously successful incumbent stumbles. Given the past week’s events, disruptive keeps coming to mind. Continue Reading!
What makes success?
What makes success? The other day in my busy neighborhood, I passed a young girl sitting at a folding table in her parents’ driveway. A few feet from the curb was a big sign that read “Girl Scout cookies for sale.” I continued on my way to the [...]
One of My Favorite Work-Life Strategies
One of my favorite work-life strategies is, “If I do nothing, it will hopefully go away.” It’s effective when the stakes are low like obnoxious music coming from a neighbor’s house or an email chain to support somebody’s agenda that I shouldn’t have been on in the first [...]