Are ants as miserable going about their work as me when I'm running? Should I learn from them?
Do Ants Feel Pain?
One Mentor, Coming Up!
Can't seem to figure out how to get a mentor? Many of us would love a mentor - here are a few steps help you attract a mentor.
Decision Making is a Skill
Dither, Dither? Several years ago, the leader of a small company I worked for was looking to fill an executive level position and had identified a strong candidate among a group of good candidates. The team was weighing in on the pros and cons of making an offer to the strong candidate. After the typical... Continue Reading →
You Can’t Climb Your Mountain of Personal Growth — Without Pulling Up the Stakes Holding You Down
That fool stake There was a person who lived on a mountain. He wasn't a mountain climber per se. Yet he lived on the mountain and it seemed that it would be somehow better if he could get even a little higher up the mountain. It would seem like progress, like he was getting somewhere,... Continue Reading →
How to go for a run at 6AM when you hate running and you hate 6AM
Sometimes you have to lose ten pounds. And the quickest way between you today and you a few pounds lighter is a formidable cocktail of vegetables, exercise, and good sleep. Six months after the birth of my second child, I told myself I had to lose ten pounds. I’m a short person and ten pounds makes... Continue Reading →
Introducing: The 17 out of 20 Rule There are long hills, there are steep hills and there are damn hills. Each is a challenge in its own way. The path I run has a section with a long low hill, followed by a steep hill. The steep hill levels off to cross a road and on... Continue Reading →
Dear New Parents: A Warning
I was one of the few people I knew who didn’t find out the sex of my child before she was born. My rationale: humans have had to wait for the moment of birth for thousands of years, why not me? What is the benefit of knowing against a mystery that connects you to the... Continue Reading →
The Theory of the Brown Couch
The Brown Couch "When you try to be everything to everyone, you get the brown couch." Growing up, I always believed our home was beautiful. My parents had lived in Japan early in their marriage and our living room was accented with Japanese chests and pottery, an old hibachi served as their coffee table. The hibachi... Continue Reading →
How Not to Write a Crappy Thank You Note
Here in this earthly life, I like to think that a thank you note is a tiny miracle letting a sometimes sad, often scared fellow human to feel warmed by their own goodness. Here we go.
