Questions to Ponder
I came across an article, Questions to Ponder, that I wrote a few years ago. Sometimes, we need to let our silliness come out, even if it's in the privacy of our own mind. In the silliness is buried truth...
Breakdowns
I attended a coaching workshop this past weekend where one of the themes was declaring our breakdowns—the place where we know we are incompetent. Everyone is incompetent in something. We don’t want to admit it. Especially me. I thrive on...
Belly Laugh Day is Today
I almost forgot. At 1:24pm local time today, I'll be with a coaching client, throwing up my arms to the heavens, and laughing joyously. How do I know that? Today is Belly Laugh Day. I blogged about this previously and...
A Few Cool Things
I wanted to share a few cool things on the Internet that I've discovered recently. I'm usually a late adopter in new technology. The fact that I've discovered these things before my parents means I'm making progress on the geek...
Bruce Mau on Growth
I'm still de-cluttering. In pile of papers that have been in the corner of my office for the last year, I ran across "An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth" by Bruce Mau. According to his website, his design studio works with...
Charlie Brown and inboxes
Before I forget, I want to pass on two things that have given me great pleasure. One of them I had planned on blogging about over the holiday season. My husband is a piano teacher extraordinaire and one of his...
Competence, Balance, and Impact
A friend emailed me, confirming my order for a facial cleanser that she sells as part of a direct marketing company (think Mary Kay). She then remarked that she has much more energy for this work, where she runs her...
Self-Care and Self-Acceptance
I had a conversation recently with a woman about self-care. She brought up the analogy of putting on your oxygen mask first on an airplane before helping others with their oxygen mask. Self-care is an inherent part of balance. Without...
Saying No
In a newsletter from a fellow coach, Michael Bungay Stanier, I received these definitions of great work and good work: 1. Work that goes beyond its functional intention and moves us in deep and mysterious ways, we call great work....
Something I Thought I’d Never See
A recent Wall Street Journal article proclaimed, "India's Talent Pool Drying Up." The subtitle said it all--"Tech Sector Suffers as Wages Surge and Multinationals Splurge." Just a few years ago, multinational companies were setting up branches in Bangalore and Pune...