One autumn, an old farmer looked outside at his flourishing crop. With both excitement and despair in his voice he said to his wife “how am I ever going to harvest this all by myself?” “Why don’t you hire some of those young contractors in town? I’m sure they’d be available and would love to …
Monthly Archive: August 2010
Aug
25
Fierce New Tunes
This post has been long overdue! It has been waiting in drafts for me for far too long. I need to share with you these artists: Neu and Two Lions & A Lady. Neu has been a great addition to my spin class playlists as his beats are deep and melodic. They get me smiling …
Aug
23
Evidence or Faith?
Terces, from Cafe Gratitude, wrote this at the end of last year. After experiencing a weekend of “interruptions,” I just needed to share her insight from this post again: “I was thinking the other day how often I find myself living by evidence, even when I realize it I can’t always intervene in my evidence …
Aug
20
Introducing my 100 before 100
In January, I created a list of 100 things I want to do before I turn 100. They were not goals (as they didn’t provide direction or a deadline), but experiences I thought would be totally rad to have. Experiences that would create ear-to-ear smiles, belly laughs, tears of joy, nostalgic excitement, or all of …
Aug
18
Using Words That Change Minds
How you frame your idea is key. By selecting the right words to use, you can either enroll your audience in what you’re saying, or leave them disengaged and unmotivated to take action. In Shelle Rose Charvet’s book “Words That Change Minds: Mastering the language of influence,” she suggests each other of us has motivation …
Aug
16
Getting There
Sometimes it helps to know how to get there: Safe travels. Pick of the Post: Maroon 5 – Misery (official music video)
Aug
13
[Spoiler Alert] Ellen DeGeneres dances on SYTYCD
For the season’s finale of So You Think You Can Dance, the judges select their favourite dances from the season to be performed one more time. It is amazing to revisit how far the dancers have come and be reminded of how incredibly talented they all are. The most memorable dance of the season was …
Aug
11
Corporate Culture Too Soft?
Soft corporate cultures allow you to be mediocre. They coddle and focus on the weakest team members. They put policies before people. Their leaders want people to get the work done the way it’s always been done. They protect inefficiencies. Their visions and strategies are riddled with buzz words that their own employees don’t understand …
Aug
09
Creating Art Collaboratively
If you are looking to get into writing, acting, singing, or producing – you should probably watch this video. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is bringing a collaborative production company to the masses and calling it hitRECord. If this is how new movies, television programs, songs, and art will be made in the future … I can’t frickin …
Aug
06
The Freedom To Try
My friend Lindsey got me hooked on a website called tinybuddha. While the content on their site is great (“simple wisdom for complex lives”), the additional musings they add for their e-mail subscribers is what always makes me sit back and think. For example, a few weeks ago my inbox smiled when they sent me …