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Is Busy an Excuse?
When asked “how are you doing?” do you respond with something like ” Good, busy but good.”? What does that mean? Is it a ‘pat’ answer? What are you busy at? It seems busy is laudable. Busy is...
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Sunshine, Fresh Air and Exercise
Sunday; a day of rest for some. A day to regenerate and get ready for the week for others. A day I suggest you get outside for at least an hour – push away from the TV, the computer, the table and...
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I Lost It – What is It?
Have you ever felt like you have lost something but can’t put your finger on what it is you have lost? Has the premonition invaded your dreams and had you scurrying searching for some article or...
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The Future isn’t the Past
I think it is worth restating, the future isn’t the past. Yet, so many clients conversations lead to the opposite conclusion. ” I know things are changing but why can’t it be like it used to be?” or...
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Are Some Goals Unachievable?
Generally I would say all reasonable goals are achievable but just like the serenity prayer I have a discernment problem. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,The courage to...
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Control
For me this is the hardest thin g to let go of; control. Control of the timing. Control of the people. Control of the outcome. Control of the process…. And I really have very limited control. Even in...
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Pushing the Boundaries
Every day I have opportunities to be better than yesterday. Different in some small way. Smarter in relationships. More patient in trying circumstances. More persistent in trying circumstances. On the...
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Two Hands – Three Balls
Are you juggling too many balls? Too many is a relative term. I can keep two in the air with one hand but struggle to keep 3 or more up with both hands. If I had another pair of hands or many more...
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What is Appropriate?
By special request Yesterday we had an amazing train ride north to San Clemente pier for brunch and then on to San Juan Capistrano. It is always fun touring the shops on Alipaz St and then we crossed...
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Do You Feel Welcome?
Have you entered a room and felt uneasy about your ‘right’ to be there? Have you visited a city and felt like an unwanted alien? Have you called a friend and wondered about the reception you received?...
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The Most of My Time
If I want to be a legend what do I need to do with my years to make the best use of the 80ish years I have? Can I have a more positive impact in the next 20 years than the last 20? Who is important in...
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Now
When asked “what time is it?” what if you answered “now”? Not likely the expected response but certainly more interesting than 11:17. Not immediately helpful for someone on a schedule but certainly...
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How Long is the Truth True?
Does truth have a shelf life? Can/will everything we hold to be true eventually be disputed and ‘disproved’? How much of your world today still holds onto ‘facts’ that you learned in elementary school?...
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Live to Lead
I just started reading Wayne Stewart’s new book ” Live to Lead; The Missing Link in Leadership Development” which I will review next week. He reminded me of Kouzes and Posner’s Five Practices of...
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Challenge the Process
A continuation from yesterday’s post regarding Kouzes and Posner Five Practices from ” Leadership Challenge”. I begin by confessing that I am not really a process guy. I tend towards variation on a...
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Inspire Shared Vision
Part 3 Revisiting Leadership Challenge by Posner and Kouzes Inspiration comes from communication. Clear transparent and two-way communication allows for an idea, an intention, an expression to swell...
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Encourage the Heart
Final post on “Leadership Challenge” by Posner and Kouzes The heart leads from today. While we need goals and aspirations that logic and planning and help facilitate. WE need to begin today; in this...
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Marmota Monax Die
Groundhog Day 2016 – The day where the decision of a woodchuck or Thickwood Badger determines the fate of a community. In the dead of winter in New England, sometime in the late 18th century folks...
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The Art of Aging
I am reading Sherwin B Nuland’s “The Art of Aging” and in chapter 2 he writes about the weakening of the immune system over the age of 60 and what we can do, peripherally, to reduce the weakening and...
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Big, Bold and Messy
If you are by nature more outgoing and gregarious and were nurtured to love the spotlight and encouraged to perform then you may appreciate a big bold and messy life. Ups and downs; wild rides to the...
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