We try so hard to figure out this crazy place on earth. Who are we, really? How do we fit in? And frankly I don’t care how much we emphasize living our values. I still find that other factors can get in the way of coming into ourselves. The most important thing you can do […]
Tag Archives | being human
#RPCL Log Date October 10, 2017 #BeingHuman #BeConstructive #NoBullying
I still have trouble with the name calling on FB. It’s so easy to want to tell someone they are an (expletive) idiot, but it doesn’t make it okay. So when someone called me an idiot on FB, it annoyed and stung a little. Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Please remember: name calling […]
#RPCL Log Date October 9, 2017 #BeingHuman #beresilient #Dontbehardened #hardlife #resilience
I was watching a fantastic video of a woman on Humans of NY who was talking about how she’s always had to look after number one. The nuance I read in her story is that she lived a very hard life. Indeed her hard shell clearly protected a vulnerability that may have been exploited in […]
#RPCL Log Date September 1, 2017 #BeingHuman #FocusOnRecovery
Human beings can rebound from pain. Some of the most inspiring stories come from those who have experienced great pain and loss. Today I was stung by a pesky wasp. I was just standing, not even moving, and it came up and took a chunk out of my arm. I wondered if it was a […]
#RPCL Log Date Aug 29, 2017 #BeingHuman #BeYOURhero #BeFirm #ArtOfNegotiation #TakeCareOfYou
I was giving advice to a member of our work family the other day, when Agent J2 told me she was overloaded at work and managing a full time schedule on a part time gig. My advice was to be firm when she met with the partner to discuss her load. I urged her to take […]
#RPCL Log Date Aug 24, 2017 #BeingHuman #GrabYourPower #WordsMatter
Words matter. It’s something we’ve said here before, and it’s something we reinforce when working with leaders, because their words have such obvious impact on people. The same thing holds true in any relationship. Words and actions have impact, and the depth of that impact depends on others’ perception of you. More than once in my […]
#RPCL Log Date Aug 23, 2017 #BeingHuman #ChooseToDwellOnLife #ChooseLife #Embracetheliving
Do you dwell on doom? On “what if there’s an apocalypse”? My daughter told me one day she was afraid of dying and of losing us. She recently lost her grandfather. I said to her, “Well, we all die. So might as well acknowledge that death is a part of life, and that worrying about it […]
#RPCL Log Date Aug 21, 2017 #BeingHuman #SeeYourFutureMoreClearly #SlowDown
Something is happening to this generation of Gen Xers who are burning out. Many of them are friends who are working in large companies, with high executive titles, and whose companies are undergoing restructuring. For their next career step, they don’t want to step up. They want to step down. Up requires more energy, time […]
#RPCL Log Date Aug 20, 2017 #BeingHuman #OrganizeYourFuture
Are you overwhelmed with your every day? Trying to keep your head above the water line? Me, too. I need a planner. And I am not talking about the journal kind (as much as I love @moleskine). I’m taking about the human kind. Someone who can swoop in and organize my future, starting now. Your […]
#RPCL Log Date Aug 11, 2017 #BeingHuman #EmbraceDebate
So… hi. This is my first blog post. I’m agent M7. The other day, a student pointed out to me that when she raises a counterargument in class, she often is judged and dismissed by some of the others for offering a different view. She feels ostracized at times. Debate dates back centuries and has been an […]
