Finish 2019. With Christmas only a few days away some of you are focused on just getting to that day in one piece. Let me give you my best advice when on overwhelm. Step 1: Do less. Yes, you can. It isn’t too late to let go of what isn’t worth your frazzle. Step 2: Love the less you choose to do. Seriously. Read the above again. Out loud. Next don’t hurry into 2020 until…
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Over the years, I am sure each of you reading have heard and sung this song. It’s a call to pay attention and participate. Do you see what I see? Do you hear what I hear? Do you know what I know? Notice that each character in the song having received another’s perspective, another’s noticing joins the chain of sharing their perspective with a new character in the song. The heavenly wind sharing with the…
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In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. Dietrich Bonhoeffer During this time of year, it’s hard not to compare lives or FB posts to who has it going on better than I do. It would be easy for any of us to go to that soul-crushing place of comparison rather than rest in reflection. I…
3 CommentsThe season of anti-waiting has begun: Black Friday, Cyber Monday and a countdown engendering panicked hurry. No need to wait in lines with the promise of one-day shopping on Amazon. I’m not writing as one immune to the rush or even to rail against online shopping. I was online conquering the list with the rest. This question though has a double meaning. The first read-through is a call not to wait. It’s a rebuke to…
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It’s one of the most profound and difficult lessons every MBA is taught: Ignore sunk costs. Money and effort you spent yesterday should have nothing to do with decisions you make tomorrow, because each decision is a new one. Seth Godin Sunk costs have more to do with everyday decisions than we realize. It isn’t just a hard lesson for the life of a business. It’s a hard lesson for the business of life. Life…
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