” The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.” E.E. Cummings I’m not your savior I’m not an angel I’m not the keeper of your secrets I’m not your doormat I’m not the Berlin Wall I’m […]
I don’t know who needs to hear this. I don’t know who needs to repeat this over and over again. Here’s the deal. I bring too much to the table to be treated like a napkin. I have earned a seat at the table. I am full of […]
The world awaits. Sunday morning. Sundays, can for some, be a day where possibilities get forcasted and planned out. Drink your morning coffee and think through what you will do this day of supposed rest before the hustle starts back up again. What a rosy picture. And, again, […]
In a perfect world, all our binary choices would be simple and easy to make. We would choose from between bad and good. We would know the right and wrong choice. And depending on our moral compass the decision would be easy. Life is not that black and […]
Once upon a time we were not to use the word “ain’t”. And, many of us thought that was grand. For there was also a time you were not to start a sentence with the word “and”. Because the New York Times now starts sentences with “and” it’s […]
Sadly, many people define themselves by their job title or salary. I say sadly because we are all so much more than that. Even as a CEO, I don’t define myself necessarily by that. I readily understand that those things are not ever-lasting. Actually I strongly believe in […]
Today was going to be a day of reckoning. The people were gathered. She darted in and out of the crowds. Today everyone needed to hold hands and electrify the air. Evil had to be zapped away. Break bread. Shed tears. Get angry. Take action. Complacency was to […]
I will state it from the outset. There is such a thing as righteous fury. Yes, one can be forgiving. Turn the cheek. I’ve done that. But there is also a moment or multiple moments where indignation is truly called for. Where turning the other cheek is not […]
This is the year of the great resignation. Or so many say. Actually, I know so. I have seen more than 30% position vacancy rate. And, admittedly I too am “reflecting”. I rather call this the reflection economy. But that’s another topic for another day. In this economy, […]
Try tracking for a day how many decisions you make in 24 hours. You make small ones regarding what to wear, eat, or watch on television. Then there are some larger ones you have to make. Then there are those that may be small but turn into bigger-than-life […]