One of my favorite Shakespearean plays is MacBeth and in the act when MacBeth is confronted with the zero sum game of destruction that leads to self destruction. This line: Out, out brief candle. Life is but a walking shadow. It is a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage, only […]
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#RPCL Log Date February 13, 2017: #BeingHuman #Energizers
What’s your energy source today and every day? My superhuman power boost includes: Mountain air, skiing, pilates, espresso, reading news and business pubs, inventing ways to help leaders be better leaders, networking, product development, writing, eating, sleeping, repeat. Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Make a list of your personal energizers. What’s your […]
#RPCL Log Date February 10, 2017: #BeingHuman #DefendYourSide
Why do you care about your politics – can you express your beliefs without attacking the other side? What do you expect to see from your representatives and what are you unhappy with? How do you expect the administration to move the dial in the right way? Although it can be difficult expressing an ideal […]
#RPCL Log Date February 9, 2017: #BeingHuman #Apathy
While at the genius bar, I spoke to Ian who was restoring my iPhone and we discussed the apathy of millennials. “It’s funny”, he said while staring off in the distance, “I am not sure why I have apathy. I have been working since I was 12 and I like my work. I just don’t […]
#RPCL Log Date February 8, 2017: #BeingHuman #Heal
What is one positive word you can say first thing in the morning, and hold on to for the rest of the day? My word is hope. I live it, breathe it, own it. It gets me through some of the toughest days lately. It helps to have a word that gives me more reasons to care, to […]
#RPCL Log Date February 7, 2017: #BeingHuman #WordsMatter
With polarizing debates about how to reach rural America, I wonder where to begin. What’s one baby step toward unifying sides? Reading and following different perspectives in social media, one thing stands out – words matter. Name calling matters. Qualifying phrases that create a common enemy are dividing us more. We need to start with language. One positive word can […]
#RPCL Log Date February 5, 2017: #BeingHuman #TakeYourEmotionsHostage
At some point, enough is enough. We either become so desensitized to chaos and consider chaos normal, or we lose our mind. But this constant attack on our sense of peace cannot be healthy. We all need to find ways to process and heal. I find I can sort of adapt to a pattern of chaos […]
#RPCL Log Date February 4, 2017: #BeingHuman #ViableForce #Starwars
I was catching up with my sister by phone, when she told me a funny story about her teenager. At school, her daughter was called upon to solve a math problem in front of class. As she got up to walk to the chalk board, she started to say under her breath, “I am one with […]
#RPCL Log Date February 2, 2017: #BeingHuman #EmotionAndLogic #headheartgut
The other day a friend posted that she couldn’t stop crying when enraged about the recent administration’s ban on refugees from seven muslim countries. So I messaged her this: let emotion enrage you and logic guide you. Integrate. Easier said than done. I can shut down the fountain of emotions a little more every day to focus […]
#RPCL Log Date February 1, 2017: #BeingHuman #ModernHuman
What does it mean to be a modern human today? How do we keep up with fast paced progress while maintaing our sanity? With chaotic messaging and low trust, we need some help navigating our lives. It’s hard enough to integrate identity and human truths in the world with social media information overload. From our recent election, there is […]
