In 2013, Disney released a movie entitled Frozen, and if you’re a parent or grandparent, especially of young girls, you’re no doubt familiar with the movie’s theme song, “Let It Go”. (In fact, you may have heard that song ad nauseam and found the idea of letting it go quite appealing!) Like it or not, this Academy Award winning song delivers a strong message and one that is applicable as we begin a new year. Perhaps you’ve made a “to-do” list for 2018, but what about a “not-to-do” list? What do you need to “let go” in your life and work? The #1 best-selling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo praises the concept of letting go… [Read More]
A Physics Lesson
What??? A physics lesson! Probably the last thing you expect from me, right? I admit upfront that I never took physics. It wasn’t required, and that’s a blessing. I’m pretty sure physics would have thrown me to the ground, crushed me flat, and caused me to scream out, “Help! I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!” I never studied the subject but have heard of that Sir Isaac Newton fellow and am familiar with his First Law of Physics, the Law of Inertia, which – in layman’s terms – says, “An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion.” This morning I was dealing head-on with that “object-at-rest” part of Newton’s law. I didn’t… [Read More]
Response-Ability
We live in a blaming world. We want to point the finger and put the blame of others. We blame the Democrats, the Republicans, the economy, the weather, the traffic, the company, the boss, co-workers, the past, family – the list goes on and on, doesn’t it? We want to blame the circumstances and people in our lives for what we perceive to be the misfortunes that may have come our way. In the workplace, we want to blame messes, mistakes, misunderstandings, mishaps, miscalculations, and mismanagement on anyone and everyone – anyone, that is, but ourselves. If it’s your tendency to be a finger-pointer or a blamer, you also may have the tendency to take the role of a victim…. [Read More]
Bernard Who?
Bernard Sadow – that’s who! It’s a name you probably don’t recognize, and you probably couldn’t identify him if you saw his picture. He’s not well-known. He’s not famous, but perhaps he should be. He’s not an executive or an athlete, an actor or politician, a writer or professor, a doctor or a world leader. And although you’ve never heard of him, he has made life easier for millions of people around the world. Who is Bernard Sadow and what did he do that was so outstanding? As I sit at the gate of a large US airport, I see the results of Bernard Sadow’s brilliance. Bernard Sadow invented the rolling bag, that handy-dandy invention that keeps us rolling along…. [Read More]
Excuses, Excuses
In 1896, the American psychologist and philosopher William James said, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that you can change your life by changing your attitude.” James was one of the first great thinkers of his time to address the subject of attitude and the powerful influence that it has on us. He observed that only about ten percent of all people have enough courage to take the risks required to have the richest, fullest, and most successful life possible. The other 90 percent spend their time making up excuses for why their lives aren’t turning out very well. Our attitude is our disposition, our perspective – the way we see things. It is our response to a situation… [Read More]
