In his seminal work, "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living", Dale Carnegie talks about living in "day tight compartments." Sharing in part the instruction of Sir William Osler early in his book, Carnegie describes how Osler, using the metaphor of a trip on an ocean liner, told his medical students at Yale to "learn …
Continue reading Compartmentalize: Days, Life Issues, Relationships
And VOILA!, another edition of Friday Faves is here. Snippets of GOOD I found anew, or remembered from before, and offer up here to share. ENJOY! Destination of the Week: An ancient trading country (human remains have been found here dating back eight thousand years), and one of the more stable in the region, Oman is …
An old friend from high school has been traveling and living in Asia, Africa, South America, and even Antarctica, for some time now. Thanks to social media channels, I've been able to follow his wanderings, and be inspired remotely by his adventures, insights, stories. I love reading his posts, hearing about his latest experiences in …
Continue reading Far Away Lands, Moving Mountains, and a Cry Down the Hall
Here ya go, folks. Issue #3 of The Friday Faves series on Half Full, All GOOD. ENJOY! Destination of the Week: Abu Dhabi. An ancient kingdom, dating back 5,000 years. One of the more "progressive" (and wealthier) Arab countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi Quote of the Week: "When the student is ready, the master will appear. Be present." …
Continuing with the Tim Ferriss -- inspired blog post, Issue #2 of The Friday Faves series on Half Full, All GOOD. This week there's a bit of a thread. Not too hard to find it. So, here ya go...enjoy the muse!" Destination of the Week: Bentley, Western Australia. Near Freemantle, the place made famous by …
It was 6:19am Monday morning when I realized, "I forgot the orange bag!" I'd been up about two hours at this point, felt good about getting some running into my morning exercise routine, was in the car with the kids five minutes earlier than usual. Then things went sideways. The "orange bag" is what we …
I had to stop by a store this afternoon in the big Westfield mall down the street. I hadn't been in a mall in a long while. Maybe that was the first time this year, come to think of it. As I made my way in and out of the place, the colors, sounds, and …
Following in the fine steps of Mr. Tim Ferriss and his "5-Bullet Friday", I was thinking after reading his list for the week, "Shoot, I've got the same hyper-kinetic thoughts running through my head on a daily basis...why not share some tidbits from MY noggin..." So, commencing The Friday Faves series on Half Full, All …
The phrase, "selling is not telling, it's asking questions", has been with me pretty much all of my work life. It's one that rings true for me today as much as it did a long time ago when I first learned about the sales profession. My first full-time "career" job had me selling logistics services …
An old friend of mine, I'll call her "Jane", sent me an unexpected note last night. Earlier in the evening I written a bit of a critical post via social media. In the post I made a rather crass (and vague) critique on what I felt were short-sited travel woes by a couple of folks. …
