Appreciate your comments from the last blog, Penguins, Pools and Purpose:
"I love your notes. I am officially refreshed (re-tired is not what I want to be) and preparing to start substitute teaching (always wanted to teach). I feel that I am living on purpose" - Derek
Flying back to the states from Geneva last month, I had the oppotunity to watch a few movies. Penguin Lessons was my favorite of the trip. If you have a chance to watch it, I would highly recommend! It is based on a true story from the 1970's in Argentina, with so many themes applicable to today.
It's 2025 halftime, and I've been thinking a lot about the ladders we are climbing. Where are you heading? Is it where you intended?
Last year I skipped the tradition of sharing my favorite things in the December blog. So, I decided to dust it off and bring it back in 2024.
Last spring I had the unique opportunity to hear a baseball Manager speak, as he was starting his first season in a very big role. It was such a joy to hear his thoughts and beliefs, and there are a few things he said/did that really resonated.
Thank you! I loved getting your comments about my last blog: If My Knees Could Talk. And as it turned out, they did - my knees could talk! It just took me a while to actually listen.
Hello Again! It has been awhile since I have shared a post. As it turned out, I took my own advice from my last blog and slowed down quite a bit in the early fall. In hindsight that proved to be helpful, as I entered a season of major change, and turned out to be a perfect time to apply what I have been teaching in our Managing Corporate Change© workshop.
Have you ever used that phrase, once in a blue moon? I have. And until last month didn't know it's origin. The only reason I learned the meaning is because I was able to stop and enjoy a fabulous moon, and it so happened to be a blue moon!
Last week I attended my nephew's High School graduation in Northern Virginia and that has me once again thinking about change. Heading off to college is such a major change for so many. Grads, parents, friends, families. A time full of emotions.
For some reason I have a word of the year for 2023. Never has that happened before, as I am not a fan of new years resolutions, nor the practice of choosing a single word for the year. But as we turned the page from 2022 to 2023, there it was staring me right in the face: PACE
For those of you who are new to my blog, it has become a tradition for me each December to share a few of my favorite things as I reflect on the past year. The title is named after the song in the famous movie, The Sound of Music. Then commercialized by Oprah, when she would give away gifts of her favorite things to the audience once a year. It was a fun show to watch and I did end up buying one of her favorite things which turned out to be the best clothes dryer I have ever owned! This year, I am going to tie the tradition to the most popular workshops of 2022.
This is the time of year I often find myself asking, what have I forgotten? And that was certainly the case this weekend, as we head into the final few days before Thanksgiving, here in the States. This year, it was the turkey. We didn't forget to buy it, but thaw it! According to Siri, it takes a day to thaw for every 5 pounds. Gratefully I somehow remembered late last night...