Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Living
Life Lessons
Airline Travel in the 21st Century
Seems odd to say 21st century. When I was a kid, I imagined that air travel would be glamorous and somewhat magical in the 21st century. Think of JFK and Jackie O debarking from Air Force One, down the steps...
1,600 Coaches in One Room
I'm off to the annual International Coach Federation conference. The conference is sold out with 1,600 coaches attending. It's a chance for people who have seen each other on-line or in teleclasses to meet in the flesh. I keep wondering...
A Different Kind of Musical Experience
Last night, I attended the debut of the Baroque Orchestra of Colorado. You may have remembered from a previous post, this is culmination of a 10 year dream for my friend and coaching client, Frank Nowell. Several things struck me...
People Who Make a Difference
Just found out about a research project on ordinary people who make a difference in the lives of others. Sponsored by an organization that does training on Emotional Intelligence, here's how one of the researchers talks about the project: "In...
Visiting Foreign Lands
I found a blog about creative collaboration, one of my favorite topics. The blogger, Denzil Meyers, has a foot in the theatre world and a foot in the coaching world. His clients are ad agencies teams and other partnerships whose...
When Dreams DON’T Come True
The wonderful thing about blogs is that as a writer, I finally have a place to publish my short musings, those fragments of thoughts that haven't amounted to much except another short word file on my laptop. So here's one...
If Seth Can Do It….
I'm in a particularly creative mood this morning. This is my fourth post this morning. Helps when the kids have a "late start" day at school and we can all get ready for the day at a leisurely pace. Seth...
Meeting Them Where They Are At
I've been thinking about the phrase, "meeting people where they are at." It comes up with my clients. It came up in a workshop I took this past weekend with pioneers in the psychology world. I have a hard time...
Toilet Stories
I blogged last month about a coming attraction--a featured article in my ezine on shopping for a toilet. Well, I sent my ezine out last week and got great response. Not to be crass, but everyone can relate to toilets....