We like to celebrate and reward visionary leaders, like Steve Jobs. He certainly created revolutionary technology which I’m using to type this post. Yes I’m a fan of Apple. And yet, any CEO making 271 times more than the average employee is simply wrong. Top CEOs Make More in Two Days Than An Average Employee Does in […]
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#RPCL Log Date July 11, 2017 #BeingHuman #ExistentialCrisis #ChangeYourConquest #EmotionalFulfillment
We were having dinner with friends when I was describing a recent story from a therapist about his clients who are stuck 40-something male (company name here) employees seeking counseling. (You can probably insert software or other companies too, but in his case it was all one software company). They can’t quit. The money is too good. […]
#RPCL Log Date March 30, 2017: #BeingHuman #ChooseToLetGo
Whenever I have a nagging thought, I find it hard to shake by just saying to myself “enough!” It’s a problem. I can try my damnedest to be intentional about changing it but I suck at it. Yep. So when I watch my eldest dwell on her thoughts, I totally get it. And I wish […]
Someone Wins and Someone Loses #nomoreparticipationawards #JAJance
I attended a fundraiser on Veteran’s Day where author JA Jance gave a wonderful keynote that included some laughter and tears, and a side remark about the election. It was brilliant, and I’m compelled to try to paraphrase it here. “Dear Millennials, we know you are the generation who received participation awards at every turn. Well I’m sorry […]
What Next
It’s hard to find and follow a thread of hope weaving in and out of the every day. Especially when we have so much tugging at us. Our little ones who need more than hugs and kisses. Our fears of losing more than we can imagine. Our high-risk jobs, with variable income. And of course, our diminishing bank accounts as […]
#GoodEnergyMatters
Good energy matters, in order to make magic. And isn’t that the goal in life? Companies are constantly striving to make magic with their products and services. Innovating and creating newer, shinier, more compelling objects or offerings. So what happens when energy goes from light to dark? That’s where we look to our cultural heroes, like […]
Developing Yourself
At some point when we hit adulthood or career-hood, we stop thinking about developing ourselves. It could be from the feeling of having all of our emotional and social needs met – like being in a cozy relationship with someone, or loving our co-workers and what we do at work, or loving being a full-time parent. Whatever the reason, […]
Is it just me, am I lucky, or am I average?
The other night, apres-ski, a group of friends sat next to a fire debating the future of our girls, when rape is still just as prevalent and there are girls as young as 12 and 13 who feel peer-pressure to perform sexual acts to boys at parties. As parents, during our debate, we reflected back on our own […]
#TheLostGenerationX – #AllEyesOnMillennials
By Agent M1 on February 4, 2016 in Entrepreneurism, Exit Strategy, Fireside Chats, Riffs & Ideas, Weekly Survival, Work Life Balance
Ever read the book “A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemingway? He demured in Paris in the 1920’s, with the likes of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and F.Scott Fitzgerald. This group of literary geniuses was also known as La génération perdue = The Lost Generation. Similar to Gertrude Stein’s self proclamation during a depressed time after […]
Catalytic Agent and Authentic Leader
#IHaveADream2016 Martin Luther King Jr. once called himself a catalytic agent for change, dreaming of creating a society that is color-blind, and focused on being a national humanitarian (U.S. issues including poverty) rather than fighting a civil war in Vietnam that was costing over a million lives and billions of dollars. When this day comes around, I am repeatedly shocked […]
