This is blog number 300. That’s almost six years. Yes, I can do the math in my head! I almost opened an excel sheet to multiply 6 times 52. How embarrassing…but not as embarrassing as…
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is proactive the antithesis of victimhood?
We all have our stories. We are the star of our own stories, whether we admit it or not. It has nothing to do with humility or ego. Our stories are about us and our…
worry words worry worry worry
I thought I’d share some quotes about worrying, just because I’m hearing lots of worrying these days. I’ll be completely honest. Many of these I’ve used so many times and for so long that I…
Grouchy McGrouchersen
The past couple of days I have been pretty grouchy. I’ve been impatient when I’ve been interrupted at work. (“Can’t you see that I am doing something very important here and I don’t need to…
the fine art of appreciating
We all know that a simple “thank you” is free. We know that ‘please” and “thank you” go a long way. They’re magic words, after all. They’re common courtesy. They’re polite. Civilized, even. We can…
nailed it!!?
I had some fun this week. I decided to ask ChatGPT to write a blog in my style about Color Thinking. The result is kinda like one of those “Nailed It” winning edible masterpieces… not…
a little prework goes a long way
I think I’ve ranted about preparation here before. I guess I’m gonna do it again! But not full on preparation. Today I’ll just talk about “a little prework” as if it’s not really preparation. Oh,…
that magical time when we were surrounded
I was talking to a friend from grad school that I hadn’t talked to in a few years. He said something that really stuck with me. There was a time when we were surrounded by…
the disruptive powers of eye contact
I remember eye contact. I remember what it was like in the days before the pandemic, before masks and Zoom calls. I’ve noticed something has changed about my relationship to eye contact since then, too….
CTLS: Clearly, you gotta go with your gut
Sometimes, you just gotta go with your gut, no matter what. Literally. I’ve learned to trust my intuition, even though it takes me in some really unpredictable places. For example, I was working with a…
