It’s common to celebrate beginnings. But most people don’t have a strategy for finishing, much less finishing strong. Should you sigh and just be glad it’s over? Should you grieve? Should you dance? When it comes to closing out a year, I’ve developed a habit of doing a year-end review. Experience has taught me that …
If you had a dime for every time you’ve been told how important it is to be positive and set goals, I bet you’d have a nice little nest egg. Perhaps my habit of emphasizing the importance of vision has me in the camp of those singing that same song repeatedly. But here’s why I …
Where there is no vision, there is no hope. You can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air—but not a single second without hope. With no hope, you might still be breathing but you won’t be truly alive. One of the saddest ways to live is …
In a recent conversation with a wealthy businessperson, the conversation turned to stress. He commented that he was trying to figure out how to simplify his life and retire. Defining success is personal, but he commented that he would trade a lot of the monetary rewards in his life for peace. Where does being content …
My husband gave me a new TV for Christmas. I don’t watch much TV, but the one we’d had for years was embarrassingly outdated. It was small and fit in an old TV hutch – the kind that hasn’t been produced for at least 20 years. Time to embrace technology and opt for the new …
The winter fog has been thick this week, stymieing ships in our local port and causing numerous accidents on the road. It’s unnerving to drive when you can’t see where you’re going. I approached a highway intersection this week where the normal speed is 55 mph. I was creeping along at 30 mph because I …
Who among us hasn’t dreamed of being extraordinary? To be noticed. To do things no one else is doing or go beyond what has been done before. You’ve probably never verbalized you want to “Be the Miracle”. But we all have high hopes for doing something incredible. This can be both rewarding and disappointing. Exhausting …
Forecasting the weather seems like a hit or miss proposition. That makes me wonder if forecasting the future is any more accurate. Both meteorologists and sociologists use data, computer models, historical precedent, and any number of technological tools to produce scientific projections. Yet both nature and humans can be capricious and quite subject to change. …
Ever felt like for every two steps forward you wind up taking one step back? It seems to be a frustrating – yet normal pattern of progress. I’ll stand with Robert Brault, who quipped, “An optimist is someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it’s …
In the past month, I have worked with hundreds of people on vision casting. It has been interesting to note how many struggle with giving their imagination free rein – even for just a few hours. It was Einstein who said, “Creativity is intelligence having fun“. How can there be such a disconnect between vision …