If you work with clients or customers, it’s a good idea to remind yourself about this once in a while. You are not only what you do. You don’t get worth or value just by bringing value to others (even though so many of us were taught that we’re only as good as how well…
The True Measure of Success I read an amazing quote today. “We need to do everything we can to preserve these beautiful animals – they are not trophies. If you think they are, you’ve obviously never won a real trophy.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator) on elephants. I didn’t see any elephants when I went…
Communicate with Kindness to Improve The World Kindness in language has been on my mind recently. Certain phrases and idiomatic expressions in languages are violent and horrifying. We communicate and use them and likely don’t give them a second thought. They are just things we say, but I have found them increasingly worrisome, especially in this…
It’s funny how today’s Show Up! journal power of words make me feel more vulnerable than powerful. They carry the ring of truth, but they also scare me. As I wrote these words in this morning’s journal, it struck me that I tend not to ask for help. I tend to try to do everything…
This is my new friend, Joyce. I met her this evening. As I was pulling out of the Greenbelt Library parking lot, I saw Joyce pulling out. More importantly, I heard Joyce pulling out. Her tire was making the telltale “wub wub wub” sound of being completely flat. “Ma’am,” I called out. “I think your…
On February 27, 1974, my family came from Ireland on the last leg of our year-long immigration journey from the Soviet Union. We flew into New York’s John F. Kennedy airport. I remember seeing a lit-up, tall statue out in the middle of the water. I remember not knowing what that statue was for a…