A More Beautiful Blossom Later in Life Think of this as a hybrid book review along with some personal take-aways. Early this morning, I finished “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” by David Epstein. Weaving thorough research with compelling story-telling, the second book by Epstein drew me in almost as much as “The 7 Habits…”…

Making The Tigger Tendency Work For You As a self-proclaimed “Professional Dabbler,” I often find myself jumping from one interest to the next. Oftentimes, those interests seem completely unrelated. I’m sure others scratch their head when they observe what appears to be a nonlinear and chaotic path that I follow. One of the inherent risks with living…

Sometimes The Only Way Is Through All you need is love We’ll see you on the other side

I had some random thoughts about good fortune despite the popular concerns regarding COVID-19. First, there’s this perspective on the job market. The highest national unemployment rate in many years...millions becoming unemployed in a matter of weeks. People getting furloughed or laid off. While there are others who can work…

Avoiding Occupational Burnout Fire-fighting. In some organizations, it seems to happen on a daily basis inevitably resulting in casualties along the way. You may even be one of them. While there’s glory in being the Phoenix that rises from the ashes, we might be better off avoiding burnout in the first place. Heeding the Signs From…

“I use memory. I don’t let memory use me.” Around this time every year, I get nostalgic. I not only look back on the year past but even further. Getting together with family and friends I haven’t seen in a while, I often reminisce about the stories that are fun…

The Why Before the How — From an early age, stories and thoughts shared by others often filled the gaps in my life. Areas where I felt something was missing. Void spaces that left me feeling unsatisfied. I wanted to have, do and be like those people who shared those stories. I would often get my…

What do you see? — On September 8th, elizabeth tobey announced some enhancements to Medium responses. Let’s take it for a test drive. Destination: unknown Route: unknown Purpose: experiment share engage enjoy We’ll end this post with a writing prompt. Give it some thought and then share something from your personal perspective by responding to…

Have Done — Driving into work the other day, I heard Groupon’s latest commercial about the Haves vs. Have-Dones. Most commercials usually don’t stick with me, but coming from a marketing background, I pay special attention to the ones that do. And this one did. The closing line in the commercial is solid: …