Lonely People Everywhere
Loneliness is often thought of as a personal issue, but it’s an organizational issue as well.
Our Actions Make All The Difference
As individual team members, as leaders, we can connect, influence and grow together by demonstrating we care with actions.
You Choose How You React
Making wise choices in our reactions leads to better outcomes, better memories, stronger influence and most of all, better relationships.
Give Gratitude a Personal Touch
What is the most valuable thing we can give another person? Time. And when we receive a handwritten note, we know someone has invested some time in us and our relationship.
Easy Button Makes Us Better
As I push the spout down on my giant bottle of Aveda Rosemary Mint shampoo, a big generous blob of shampoo runs into my hand. Now I know this is more shampoo than I need for this thinning hair of mine, but something always prevents me from stopping with just a half push. I love this ... Read more
Do You Hear What I Hear?
CeCe is out for a few hours running errands (shopping, I suspect) and I am staring at three strands of chimes that I promised to hang under our porte-cochère. I can see they are very breakable, long and must be positioned where they don’t ring constantly but do ring. I promised to get this done ... Read more
Sunglasses Exposed My Blind Spots
What a painful blog to write and CeCe will be all over this after she reads it. I had just launched my boat into some rough water as three guys watched from the boat ramp. “You going out in this rough water?” they asked. “Yes, I’m going to the north end to wade so I ... Read more
The Behavior of Love
I know I have spun a head or two as I shared with friends and business associates that I love them. Several years ago, when I first heard John O’Leary close his keynote speech at the World Leaders Conference, I realized that I did not say “I love you” enough. John has closed every keynote ... Read more
Being Right Is Not Always the Best Outcome
Here we go again as I have taken being right too far, and I’m certainly not without fault in this communication snafu. It started as I got home early and CeCe was finishing up outside with some yard work. We sat down for a moment and both agreed we wanted to take Oliver (our Yorkie puppy) for a ... Read more
