When I was in college I took a Myers Briggs personality test. I discovered I was what they call an "ENFJ", in MB Speak. The group of friends I took the test with immediately said, "That's you, lud!" Yes indeed. I'm an ENFJ through and through. Fred Wilson wrote a piece on his blog today …
Category: mental health
Insights: It’s What You Do With Them That Counts
The past three days have given me ample reason to be thankful yet again for the people around me. Different people for different reasons gave me a measurable improvement in my outlook on several topics, and thus given me insights on which to take action. That effort to Take Action is the crux of this …
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Keep ’em in the Air
[photo from the RUSH album, "Hold Your Fire"] Lots going on over the last several days. It's been a bit of a challenge keeping everything in the air, so nothing falls through the cracks, as it were. I didn't even have time to put on my socks this morning until I got to my desk. …
So What’s With The Home Page Pic, Anyway?
Looking at the home page picture I'm using for this blog, it occurs to me that most (all?) everyone probably looks at that image and wonders, "What's up with that picture, anyway? Where was it taken? Why the fountain? Who's the little kid? So to clarify, there are several things going on at once that …
#MondayMotivation
Any day and every day, motivation is one of the keys to making the most of the day. #MondayMotivation is one of my favorite hashtags on twitter, and it fits perfectly into the mantra of getting the most out of any day, especially Mondays. Monday is a mindset. For most people, the work week starts …
RELAX.
On the lighter side. We all run into situations when someone seems to overreact to a given circumstance. Something that seems to get blown out of proportion, someone gets a little too excited. A few idioms then, to help communicate this very common human experience. In English there are several phrases that come to mind... …
“It’s Not Rocket Science”
[Image of Wouter Weylandt c. 2010, racing for Leopold Racing] "Focus and Perseverance go a long way. In other words? Hard Work Makes the Difference." Most things aren't incomprehensible. Complex? Sure. Takes some effort -- sometime a LOT of effort -- to understand and master? Absolutely. But with most activities the majority of us need …
Compartmentalize: Days, Life Issues, Relationships
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 …
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Acceptance
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 …
Grit: What it Gets You
Listening to the radio on the way to work recently, they were doing a piece on "true grit", defined for the discussion as Persistence, Determination and Resilience -- and a rise of said attitude in the context of education. Really though, it's applicable across environments. They had me at the introduction when they mentioned John Wayne's …
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