Don’t know if I have it in me To bear witness to another injustice To listen to more lies To refute baseless antagonist words To punch down another careless whisper To make up for the sins of others To read another set of empty phrases To not hear […]
While growing up, my mother had a saying for everything as well as a superstition. I grew up with a lot of soundbites and food for thought. In certain ways, those bits helped mold me into a role of storyteller. I was back then. I am now. I’ve […]
There are a lot of thieves out there. People who take great glee in taking from you. Sounds bitter? Rings of truth? Could go either way. There are a lot of people out there who want to stamp out your fire. Not a blazing, scary, wild fire. But […]
Many years ago, I was sitting with a group of fellow psychologists who were in earnestness contemplating how three words in a sentence would have an impact in a huge web of bureaucracy. This sentence may seem vague and ambiguous. And, thus it is so. The main point […]
Most assuredly, there are times at the end of the day where you wonder where the day went. Then you do a quick review of your day and you want to smack yourself. Maybe. Probably. You look back and you look forward. You flash forward. What do you […]
All day I thought of my to-do list which is a mile long. Well, let me rephrase. Occasionally, throughout the day, I thought I should get some checkmarks onto my yellow pad of itemized to-do items. I thought about. Then sent about ten emails. Then I did one […]
In most of my email correspondence, I’m rather polite and somewhat sunny. I wish people a good day, morning, Friday eve and so forth. It’s fluff. Not straight to the point. However, you get a little bit more buy in when you start off with warmer pleasantries than […]
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 […]
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 […]
In this world of text and instant messages, email use (according to my son) has decreased. Of course, you wouldn’t know that from my work email inbox. I receive way too many emails on any given day. A great percentage of those emails are, to use a technical […]