I’ve been on holiday this past week and one of my vacation activities has been some golf. Today’s resort golf courses include a GPS and digital device that helps the golfer know their distance to the hole as they prepare for their next shot. Among the additional pieces of information on these digital maps is […]
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I noticed my wife talking with her accountability partner, Christine the other morning. Sheila and Christine speak most mornings, checking in with each other about their accomplishments from yesterday and their objectives for today. For some reason, I stopped and listened a bit more than I usually do that morning. I noticed that not only
Everybody is striving for work-life balance, but it just isn’t happening. I rejected the idea of balance while ago and have been using the notion of work-life harmony to suggest that we want to recognize and honor the connections and joy between these 2 parts of our lives. After all, when we are at work,
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Over the weekend I decided to empty my brain. Boy, did I need that! I’ve just been feeling like my brain has been overloaded and I think the reason is because my brain is overloaded! Given my cabin fever with Covid and the freezing temps we’ve had here in town, plus all the crazy news
“The pain is inevitable but the suffering is optional.”Haruki Murakami I made a pitch to a national newspaper journalist a few weeks ago about what resilience will look like in 2021. She responded and we engaged in a series of spirited emails exploring the topic I proposed. My basic premise is that the greatest danger
“Do Re Me Fa So La Ti Do”Julie Andrews I heard Julie Andrews (and those delightful Von Trapp children) charming rendition of Do Re Me on the radio the other day and now I can’t get that song out of my head. Hearing music in our head is something we all experience and the awful
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“…I must study politics and war so that our sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry and music…” John Adams I wonder if John Adams would be disappointed that today’s inauguration looks more like a battlefield than an artist’s celebration. After
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Like most of us, we spent our holiday season holed up in our house. We passed by neighbors walking our dog Cody, waving at them or chatting loudly since we were generally 6 feet away. Family and friend time was spent on Zoom until we fatigued out and checked out. Perhaps more than ever, we
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2020 was definitely a year of learning. Perhaps most critical was that we saw how quickly we could modify and change everything from work from home to how we get our groceries. I suspect, however, that the changes will be much more profound and long-lasting and that the idea that we will return to some
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2020, a year that was so damaging, must hold some meaning and understanding for us. Can we find a way to mend the pains and difficulties of this year? Interestingly, the Japanese may have an idea for how we can think about this broken year and what we can do about it. It is referred
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