Adversity Is The Best Teacher
The basketball tipped off the top of John’s fingers and, seemingly in slow motion, arced high up in the air and descended down into my chubby little hands. WHAT!? I…
If I Did Not Laugh, I Shall Die
I didn’t have to help with registration at the conference but honestly, as a situational extrovert, it helps me meet people and eases the anxiety I feel in social gatherings. …
What’s The Return On Humor?
There are many ways to incorporate humor into the workplace but….why would you want to? As leaders, humor is a tool that (to quote Dwight D. Eisenhower), “helps us get…
How To Increase Your Happiness With Dr. Kristin Layous
To quote Don Draper from the hit series, Mad Men, “What is happiness but that moment before you need more happiness?” It’s a practice. It is something we should be mindful…
Don’t Run Someone Else’s Race With Eric McElvenney
Resilience! What is it? Do you have it? Is it your ability to bounce back, your ability to not take “no” for an answer or a combination of the two…
YOU Choose How You Want It To Go!
I reached my hotel room at 1AM and wondered what the next day was going to hold for me. It had been the end of an extremely long day. I…
Is It Close Enough?
I don’t know about you, but I like to get things right. So much so that I can put a lot of undue pressure on myself to do so. Sometimes,…
Man Plans, God Laughs (Choose To Laugh Along)
I’d been planning it for about a month. I had contacted the people who ran the Chris Isaak concert where I had bought tickets but had heard nothing back. The…
Do You Want To Bounce Back?
“What’s my big idea?” I asked the fortune teller as she took the tarot deck from me. As she laid the cards out and read them she said, “What I…