resilience | rəˈzilyəns | (also resiliency) noun 1) the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness: the often remarkable resilience of so many British institutions. 2) the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity: nylon is excellent in wearability and resilience. It took me a minute to think about when the best time … Continue reading 9/11 and Resilience
Category: Collaboration
Friction and Polished Things
I have an incredible opportunity to put myself in front of some of the best thinkers in my organization on a regular basis. It's a blessing, a lot of hard work, and worth every minute. One of those people I've worked with and for, going on 8 years. She regularly channels things that are profound, … Continue reading Friction and Polished Things
People Pleaser?
Instead of concentrating on relationships that matter we tend to thin ourselves out over the many. I'm not saying you cannot try to socialize and be kind to as many people as possible. I'm saying that if you took all the time you had and tried to give it to everyone with the same amount … Continue reading People Pleaser?
Your Social Spaces, Nourish Them
Your connections can provide you with community and keep you close to developments that need your help. Where we often fail them is we don't appreciate them until we need them. By appreciating them I mean nourishing them to grow at the speed you'd like to grow. If nothing else, technology has given us a … Continue reading Your Social Spaces, Nourish Them
The Economics of the World Cup
Now that I have had time to lick my wounds and cry a little after Croatia landed in second for World Cup, I thought I would zoom out to take a look at the Cup with a different lens. What lesson could it teach me? It was a great Cup, with many learns. What if … Continue reading The Economics of the World Cup
It’s Just Needed More Than Ever
Compassion: recognizing that the person is in pain (sympathy), feeling the pain of another (empathy), and the authentic desire to alleviate their suffering. As you can guess, we're moving into the compassion deep dive for the theme of this week. In our world environment right now, whether at work or our personal, compassion is an … Continue reading It’s Just Needed More Than Ever
Your Table
It's pretty simple a table won't stand effectively with three or less legs. It usually will topple right over. Your table needs legs. You habits are the legs to your table which is your intention. Our long term success towards being effectively intentional as we move to those goals we want to achieve require certain … Continue reading Your Table
Forgettery
No it's not a actual word. We need to make sure we don't lose the ability to forget what we sometimes learn. Our minds are sponges through out the day and tend to pick up like Bounty paper towels everything it comes into contact with. Most of the time they are all ready-made assumptions. Even … Continue reading Forgettery
Adopting a Curious Mindset: Day 21 of 30
If you spent any time with my 5 year old nephew he would blow your mind with his insatiable energy around being curious in everything he sees and touches. Any number of things can spark his curiosity. Will he still have this attitude when he gets older? My own history moving into a adulthood says … Continue reading Adopting a Curious Mindset: Day 21 of 30
Imagination: Day 12 of 30
Remember the stories we created when we were to young to know better. They were real. We could feel it in everything around us. Possibilities. Realities that for others around us were just fabrications. Flawed or not, we didn't care. Blanket forts were castles and kingdoms. We owned it. We were doctors, lawyers, or architects. … Continue reading Imagination: Day 12 of 30
