Leadership, Worrying, and Attitudes of Gratitude
Inc. magazine’s got an interesting list of 9 daily habits to make you happier. One of them is to let go of your results, as worrying about what’s going to happen based on what you’ve already done is unproductive. Another suggestion is to end each day with gratitude. I’d...
Leadership: More Beyond, or There Be Dragons?
Back in the mid-80’s, I was restless in my work at Procter & Gamble, and enrolled in a ten day “career development” course for professionals through the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School. Outward Bound is a hands-on learning organization whose participants develop self-esteem, a recognition of internal strengths...
Stories of Focus, Resilience, and Determination
The long dark evenings of winter are when I most enjoy going to the movies or curling up on the couch in front of the fire with a good book. I’m ordinarily an outdoors person, biased toward active pursuits, but when it’s cold and dark outside, and some of...
Make It A Happy New Year With 45 Life Lessons (+5)
I have always loved this list since the first time someone emailed it to me years ago, when it was unattributed. With a little research on The Google, I found that Regina Brett, a columnist at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, wrote her 45 life lessons to celebrate growing older...