Are you slogging through some parts of your life? Work? Relationships? Have you ever noticed how quickly time passes when you are doing something in which you are truly passionate and engaged? So many of us are doing what we “should” be doing. Maybe we selected our profession because we were good at a particular […]
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Living is Vital
Last week, I was speaking with one of my interns. She is a senior university student who has had several diverse jobs and internships over the last couple of years. She has seen a variety of careers and jobs and lifestyles in this short time period. She was reflecting on all of this, wondering out […]
The Ongoing 40’s Dilemma
In our society, when you hit 40, you should have “made it” by now. The definition might vary between – improving upon your parents success and ensuring they are taken care of – really hitting it “big” financially – dream house, dream job, white picket fence – gated community and being a member of the […]
Transforming the Work Week
I want to make a prediction. The workweek as we know it will shift for the corporate masses in the U.S. And I’m not talking about a “work from home day”. With enough studies to prove the ineffectiveness in the office, and enough technology to evolve how we work and collaborate, my prediction is that […]
What’s in a Job?
US News recently released its list of the 100 best jobs in 2014. I was surprised, not by the results, but by the criteria they used to make their list. They base their ranking on: Four criteria related to employability (60% of the total score) Salary (30% of the total score) Stress levels of the […]
Why We Are Time-Starved
Remember your parents telling you to ‘go outside and play’? When’s the last time you heard it? Said it? Thought it? Well I think about it all the time. I dream about the day when unstructured play trumps our over-scheduled child’s lives. Maybe I’m dreaming. But it’s a big contributing factor to why parents today […]
Managing Appearances Part 2
In an earlier blog I shared a story about a boss who was more concerned about managing appearances than delivering quality product. Thus not always pleasing his/her constituents. But what happens when you aren’t really good at neither managing appearances nor pleasing your audience? Seems to me that these are two critical aspects to keeping […]
Moral Obligation
Do we have a moral obligation to give back to society when we become a certain age? Not that age should ever play a role in deciding when we give. I am a true believe of teaching my children to donate their toys early. Sadly, our home state ranks a low 30+ out of 50. […]
The Psychology of Angry Motivation
Unlike my cohorts, I’m no psychologist. but I suppose my fascination with the human condition, and our complex emotions, makes me a pseudo-expert wannabe. In an early post we cover the fear that drives us. Recently I had an argument with my spouse about sending the wrong parenting message to our daughter and realized that […]
Come Together
What do you think, did Starbucks nail it with their buy a friend a coffee campaign? Coffee with a cause, or a cause with coffee, are both interesting concepts. I’ve been referring to my self indulgent desire for more change as latte activism. Like many, I’m a time starved parent and wife, trying to be engaged in […]
