Category: Quotes

  • The Time Traveler’s Guide to Leading through Change

    The Time Traveler’s Guide to Leading through Change

    Food 4 Thought from four4soaring We don’t have to change, we GET TO change. The brevity of that mantra and the substitution of the words “get to” for “have to” or “must” evokes anticipation, engagement, and action. At least it feels like that is what the “influencers” and leaders who started introducing this “get to”…

  • Better to share thanks like Hanks than be scary like Larry

    Food 4 Thought: I am excited to bring you some Food 4 Thought with the intent of sparking new ways to look at and approach your day, tackle the changes we are faced with in life and maximize the opportunities you have to connect and grow with one another. Today, I am inspired by another…

  • Your Feed is a Barometer

    Your Feed is a Barometer

    As you scroll through your social media feed today, the day after the president-elect was projected by the media. The day that some celebrate in anticipation of that projection being ratified, even while others struggle to reconcile whether that truly is the final result of a contested American referendum… As you swipe through stories, as…

  • Throw Down your Shield and Embrace the Awkward

    Throw Down your Shield and Embrace the Awkward

    Sometimes someone relates to our willingness to be awkward and vulnerable and it brings value to their lives.

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  • Where did the mirth go?

    Where did the mirth go?

    Hey folks, believe me I want to get back to the terrible dad jokes and puns I share that take us away for a second from the crazy of the world. You may have noticed I stopped posting them-save for a couple of silly coffee references? They will come back someday. I hope you’ll still…

  • How can I do better?

    We can become complicit in evil if we are not careful. Our behavior in our workplaces, schools, churches, communities and families and the way we react to events can send signals : we can choose to send ripples of healing kindness or ripples of bitterness; ripples of proactive improvement of the status quo or ripples…

  • Hello in there – Reprise on LinkedIn

    Read the updated post : Hello in there : The call to seek connection and be known on my LinkedIn account.

  • Grown up trees : An observation

    Here are some pictures from my morning walk. Here’s my observation: As a child I liked to draw trees. Those trees were always so symmetrical- straight-tall-trunks-roughly-round on top. Real trees – Grown up trees are not so perfectly planned. Grown up trees – like we grown ups – recognize that life is not symmetrical –…

  • Engage with one another

    Engage with one another

    I admire the daylights out of this man and appreciate his impactful TED Talk – learning from others we view as different than us is more critical now than ever…