When faced with change what is your first internal response? That’s too hard! I can’t do that! That will never work! I tried that before and it was miserable! That’s lame. No way am I doing that! I like things just the way they are. OR Photo by Jon Flobrant on Unsplash Wow that’s interesting! I wonder if
For decades a performance review was weighted on the side of what needs improving. A quick nod to what was going well but the focus was the areas or skills you lacked. People dread the annual review often because we’re well aware of what isn’t going well and we don’t need reminding. Bonuses and raises
Do you ever tire of doing dishes? The laundry (my personal never-ending story)? The car that needs a tune-up or the dishwasher that needs repair? Sometimes it feels like life is full of stuff that needs fixing. Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash Then there’s my mental, emotional & physical health which all seem to constantly need
Central. Sometimes I like to give the answer right up front. As if you didn’t already know this one. The human body cannot thrive without breathing. Photo by Tim Goedhart on Unsplash So why do we hear these sayings so often? I just need to catch my breath I feel like I’m drowning (absence of breath by the
Photo by Susan Holt Simpson on Unsplash If you were given only four letters with one word for each letter and were told to pick the one letter that describes you best, would you be able to do that? Would one word or letter be sufficient to describe you? Here are your letters: D – Driver I –
Looking in the mirror I see my face changed with years; I completed my 62nd trip around the sun just two months ago. You might think that by this time I am well acquainted with me. I am and I am not yet. Living things grow and growing things change. In 2013 I heard this
Photo by Philip Swinburn on Unsplash Staring up at the pegboard above the workbench that was both out of my childish reach and appreciation of shiny things, my Grandfather told me of the value of using the right tools to do good work. His tools were hung carefully by type of tool. He had four
This sounds like the beginning of a riddle: How are plants, butterflies, & people similar? I’ve never been good at solving riddles; I’m often too deep into the associations rather than pulling back to see a bigger picture. This isn’t a riddle. It’s a legitimate question. How are plants, butterflies, & people similar? Let’s start