Posts by Carol Ross
The Road to Recovery, One Year Later
I feel different today than I did a year ago. It's not just that I'm a year older. I'm a decade wiser. Unfortunately, the price of wisdom is often a painful life experience. In my case, it was hitting burn out last summer. My biggest concern at the start of this year was this: After…
Read MoreMoments of the Divine, In Your Own Backyard
Backyards have a special place in my heart. My backyard serves as a refuge, an every day sanctuary from the outside world. Literally on the other side of the fence, is a public sidewalk, a well-trafficked street, and the entrance to a heavily used baseball field. But all of this fades away when I'm wandering…
Read MoreMaking Better Use of Your Brain
After my experience with burnout last summer, I've had a fascination with how the brain works. At my lowest point last year, I could feel how limited my capacity was to take in new information. I can still remember one afternoon going into a dark, quiet room in our basement, lying down on a pillow,…
Read MoreYou know a word is overused when it becomes part of someone's Twitter handle, as in @janesmithrocks. Whatever happened to imagination and creative writing?
Read MoreWhy Management Guru, Tom Peters, Responded to My Tweet
Not long ago, I read a post on Tom Peter’s blog that I enjoyed, where one of his points was the futility of planning ahead. I tweeted about it, referencing the blog post: @tom_peters advice for Living Life to the Hilt http://ow.ly/8FTzj <–wisdom that only comes w/experience One of my Twitter followers responded…
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