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Great Questions “Are you arguing with reality or loving what is?” Yes: arguing with reality. No: not loving what is. For several months I’ve been struggling with a group of thoughts around a project, feeling confused and conflicted about how to solve some persistent inner questions. In our cocktail hour conversation, as Mom and I […]
Growth Hurts! The first time I remember getting painful feedback was from my father. Apparently when I was about ten years old, I was a complainer, because he sat me down one day and told me that I should not be talking constantly about things that I didn’t like or was feeling. He said that […]
Or, How to Decide Which Ideas to Pursue. Yesterday, I was walking around Moody Pond with two of my all-time favorite women, and we were talking about inklings – those ideas that pop into your mind and intrigue you. Maybe it’s a trip abroad, or a new class or interest. Maybe it’s an idea for […]
Wednesday Workbench #18 Back in the Saddle It’s been quite a while since I’ve published a post, and I’m so happy to be writing again. I left off in May of last year, to enjoy a whole lot of new things – family in town from Milwaukee, our son’s graduation from high school, a 7000-mile, […]
Argument, debate, conflicting opinions, conflict-avoidant, fight, battle, war, skirmish, clash, struggle. agree to disagree. How does your body feel when you read these words? And equally important, what story or script do you run when you feel conflict brewing? Do you tense up, amp up, circle the wagons, steamroll, jump in, prepare, discuss, debate, run […]
Do I really have to write this email again? I know I wrote a similar one last week, where is it? Search, search. Ok, I’ve checked my sent items, there it is. Ok. Copy, paste customize. We’ve all been there: at work, facing a recurring task, knowing that we should finally create a template, job aid, checklist, or source document, […]