There will never be business as usual. We will never go back to normal. We are all grieving for normal. If you thought you were going to turn the page on your calendar and have a fresh new start. Think again. Everything that has happened in 2020 and the unfathomable first week of 2021 has […]
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In a moment of crisis.
What values guide us collectively? What virtues guide our individual actions? What we need now is courage. Our words and actions tell the world what we value and shout our virtues. During much of the history-making events of the past several years (and especially today), this version of the Serenity Prayer reminds me to keep […]
Authenticity, happiness, and wine.
What does it mean to live an authentic life? From the existential perspective, the concept of authenticity describes the degree to which a person is acting in alignment with their beliefs and values. And if we are not happy, we most likely are not living an authentic life. And if we are not continually working […]
Being fully focused.
Nothing compares to that moment in a conversation when you are fully and completely focused on the other person – and they know it. Unless you are the other person who feels heard and understood. That power goes deep into who we are as humans. Connecting to one another in conversation. Affirming our importance in […]
In Praise of Tiny Wins.
I’d rather have 365 tiny wins than one big win. That big hairy audacious goal is better achieved with a thousand tiny steps than one gigantic leap. Why? The enormous leaps are hard to repeat. Everything needs to be just right for them to happen. They are unpredictable and mostly out of our control. The […]