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As I sped into the train station parking lot, and then watched the train pull away while purchasing my ticket, I realized (again) this morning that I have an uneasy relationship with time. One less red light, or 30 more seconds and I would almost be at work right now. There’s a little post-it on […]
Focus is a Muscle. Muscles Require Exercise to Stay Strong Cal Newport talks about Deep Work. Greg McKeown talks about Essentialism. Gary Keller talks about The One Thing. All of these authors are speaking to the importance of gaining and keeping focus while reducing distractions in service to a specific work result – in […]
“We let life in by relating our expectations to the world around us and the future as we anticipate it. We let ourselves out – to become – as we focus on many other-directed things. Such things include humor and laughter, reinforcing strengths of self; warm, reciprocal relationships, good food and drink; eagerness for change; […]
Build | Create Field Guide #3: Questions Lead to Clarity The last blog post discussed some of the dynamics of identifying, pursuing and abandoning goals, as well as introducing the process of inquiry as a tool when building or creating something new. As I read about brainstorming, idea generation and selection, there is the reminder […]
Ugh, Networking For so many years, I’ve had this aversion to the type of networking that occurs in many of the professional organizations – the kind of place where you have your business cards handy, smoothly carry your wine and appetizers, deftly hand over your business card; where so many are there relentlessly self-promoting […]
Getting Unstuck and Making A Difference Mid-Week Workbench 10-4-17 Sense of Place: Early morning, Wednesday, my son’s birthday. 15 years ago, at 3:18 AM, this amazing human made his entrance into this world. I am at our kitchen table, coffee in hand, waiting on the sun and my family to wake up. Morning time to […]