Quotable II

Quotable II

Quotable Last night was Open House at the high school. This quotation was posted on the podium in my son’s 9th grade English class. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world...
Quotable

Quotable

Quotable Do you remember how slowly the days passed when you were a child? An 80-mile car trip seemed endless. It took forever for summer to come. When it finally did, by late July, summer seemed interminable. Basic arithmetic reveals that for a two-year-old, the next...
Quantum Flirts

Quantum Flirts

Quantum Flirts I was walking from the subway to meet a client this morning. As I walked in the city I was thinking deeply about this client and the coaching topics we have been covering: Work/life balance, parenting, health, and fitness. Then, out of the corner of my...
Play to Win!

Play to Win!

Play to Win! About one year ago, it was reported in my community that the 100-year-old Jewish Community Center was going out of business. Membership–the lifeblood of the organization–was plummeting, philanthropy was down, the economy was killing the...
Pete & Repeat

Pete & Repeat

Pete & Repeat Remember the childhood game (annoyance?) that went like this: “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off. Who was left?” and your playmate would say “Repeat” which then started the whole process over...
Patience, please

Patience, please

Patience, please Go to “the Google” (that’s a George W. Bushism) and type in “change” and watch your computer nearly crash from over-processing. Climate change. Coins. Obama and change. Change agents. Change theory. Change process. Change...