We all know it’s essential to take time away from work once in a while. Getting away is a great way to improve both our mental and physical health away from the workplace. The goal is to come back recharged and ready to go! However, for some people, just the thought of returning to the…
With the pandemic came one of the biggest disruptions in our physical workplace, company culture, leadership and lives. The patterns we got stuck in were interrupted big time! We were forced to immediately replace old habits with new ones. In the process, we stopped, got off the “hamster wheel” of our busy lives, reflected and…
Stories have power. Stories engage and inspire. That has been true since the dawn of time, and is as true in today’s business world as it is in any other setting. The oft-repeated adage is that “facts tell, but stories sell.” In other words, data is nice, but narratives enable companies to connect with customers,…
Carl’s Story They were barely a year into their marriage when Carl and Jessica (not their real names) contemplated getting a divorce. Carl wondered where he went wrong. He looked back over the last several years, remembering the devastating demise of his first marriage and how he met Jessica soon after. She was divorced too,…
Playlist for the Apocalypse by Rita Dove You might ask, “Who reads poetry?” My answer to that would be, “I do!” Just the other day, I was reading an interview with Rita Dove in The New York Times that raised my interest to go and purchase her latest book of poetry, Playlist for the Apocalypse,…
Recently I’ve found myself wishing I was as thin as my patience. Perhaps not that thin—I’d be skin and bones! I’ve been preached to about patience since I was a demanding little terrorist-toddler who knew what he wanted. “You were just born that way,” my mom recently told me about my unwavering opinions and tastes,…
