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 […]
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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, […]
#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 […]
Follow Your Path
By Agent N1 on April 13, 2015 in Fireside Chats, Tip of the Day, Unplugged Letters, Work Life Balance
Six years ago, I directly managed ten senior staff and oversaw a team of over 700 who were implementing projects worth ~$20 million per year. For the last five and a half years, I have had a hiatus from all of that, from managing staff, and ensuring quality programming, and juggling money, and signing off […]
Embracing Discomfort
Fear, uncertainty, and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. Joseph Cambell
The Negation of Why
By Agent N1 on February 10, 2015 in Fireside Chats, Riffs & Ideas, Tip of the Day, Unplugged Letters, Weekly Survival, Work Life Balance
There’s a lot of hype these days about the need for a purpose, that to achieve we have to have a why. And it’s true. Having a mission does give us motivation. Knowing the why helps us inspire our teams. Developing a purpose provides the roadmap. I recently read a passage, however, in a novel: […]
Climbing the Mountain
Lately I’ve been looking at a lot of imagery for clients that relate to mountain climbing. A woman stands atop a peak, ready to summit the next. A group of climbers are roped together as they descend a steep slope in snow. It’s a great metaphor for aspiring to dream big and to be bold […]
Making Positive Change
I ran into an old acquaintance today – somebody whom we had considered among our “coopetition” within a specific industry back in 2003. He recently (within a year) experienced a tragedy when his wife passed away from cancer. I could tell he was still bereaving. And I couldn’t imagine how this unexpected change effected his […]
Avoiding Hotel California
Remember those famous lyrics from the Eagles, You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave? As a manager, how do we avoid giving our employees the feeling that they are on one yellow brick road, and it’s called Hotel California? At Company Z, I was informed by my youngest colleague […]
Efficiency is Killing Me
I value my time a lot. Part of this may be due the fact that I run a business and I must be efficient to be profitable. But I believe most of it is just my nature. So, I was (to put it mildly) extremely annoyed the other day when I was standing in the […]
