Today I am choosing to have an unscheduled day. This is a luxury when you get to spend the day without your calendar reminding you that you have a ZOOM call at the top of the hour. It’s a day when you don’t measure time by the clock. A day without a list of...
I have been reflecting on the Great Resignation and wondering if it is an indicator of something deeper that is happening. When I was growing up, people often talked about “earning your age.” Back then success was often measured by your yearly income – which should be...
At the beginning of the year, I often think about myths we need to let go of. It might just be because it’s the dead of winter here in snowy Minnesota, but the one that’s swirling about in my brain is the myth that organizations are frozen in time. When...
We are now headed into our third year of a global pandemic if you start the clock when COVID-19 appeared in China. This prolonged time of adaptation has tested us on so many levels. It has caused us to see the fragility of our health, education, economic, social, and...
I have over 10 large, old oak trees in my yard and the mighty oak has things to teach us about letting go. We are having a windy day where I live and a six-foot-long, 3-inch diameter branch from one of my oaks just dropped in my driveway – this is typical of oak...
