So many people from all over the world just feel sort of “blue” during the winter months.  Often time it is the cold or the lack of sunlight, depending on where you live, but you don’t have to allow for the seasons to affect your life negatively.  It’s January and most areas are in the height of their winter season and the blues are settling in for many.

Instead of handing yourself over to the blues this summer, fight back.

Three Great Ways to Cure the Wintertime Blues • Take a vacation or go on a small getaway during the height of the... Continue Reading...

So how did you do? Really.  No “nicey nicey” banal comments please on how it was “great.” What really worked - and why? And what really didn’t work - and why not? What role did you have? In the success? In the failures?

After a project or an event, it’s rare that anyone, either individually or as a team,... Continue Reading...

Look around you. Who’s having fun? Who’s just faking it? (And who’s just grumpy?)

And how much fun are you having? Is there room in your life for a little more fun, or are you just too busy?

The Seventh Irresistible Principle of Fun Of the Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun the one that rings most loudly for... Continue Reading...

Great Work, Good Work and Bad Work Defined You may not know the name of Milton Glaser, but you probably know at least one of his works of art – the “I  NY” logo.  In his book, Art is Work, Glaser provides these provocative definitions of work:

• Work that goes beyond its functional intention and moves us in deep... Continue Reading...

I’m often asked how it is that I stay so positive. Now allow me to clear up some misconceptions you might have based on that last statement. I am not one of those folks that walk around with what is commonly referred to as a career politician’s smile painted across my face.

Although I do believe whole-heartedly in the power that... Continue Reading...

I once attended a retreat on how to live with passion and fulfill one’s life’s work. The facilitator posed the question, “If money was not an issue, yet you had to work full-time, what would you do?” Answering this question was a turning point for me. Now - years later - I am doing much of what came up in my answer.
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Our minds are much like our homes. They both get cluttered with old ideas, old attitudes, old conversations, and old pains. Both need a routine cleaning of stuff that we collected for one reason, and are holding onto out of habit, neglect, or just sheer willfulness.

Pursuing a simple, sustainable, flexible, happier lifestyle means that you... Continue Reading...