I am infatuated with airports because they are true hubs of love. The video below shows how T-Mobile capitalized on that aspect of airports and created a heart-warming experience for some travelers coming home. You don’t need a huge group musical number to make someone feel loved in an airport, but if you created one, …
Monthly Archive: October 2010
Oct
25
A Could-have-been-love Story: A Lesson in Being Unreasonable
I had a lot of conversations over this past weekend about my commitment to being more unreasonable in my life. After all, remarkable results don’t come from being reasonable. Being unreasonable, to me, is about following the heart and not letting that little voice inside my head slow me down. I’m not committing to ignoring …
Oct
23
Three Words to Save the World
Please. Thank you. SuperForest is a positivity blog that I absolutely love reading as they too subscribe to the notion that respect and compassion will transform our society. According to their Humanifesto, this transformation all begins with good manners – please and thank you. Yesterday, the SuperForest community celebrated its 3 year anniversary of good …
Oct
20
Everything Is How It Is – Until It Isn’t
A one-way street is a one-way street – until it becomes a bike lane. The world is flat – until it is round. You are obese – until the new standard says your weight is average. I was able to donate blood – until I wasn’t. Two days ago, I was still living in that …
Oct
18
BOOM!
I just changed your world by typing this. That sentence, on this blog, through your cerebral connections, at this point in time had never existed before I typed it. Language just changed your reality. How are you using language to change reality for yourself? Better question – how are you using language to change reality …
Oct
16
Powerful People That Get It
These guys get it. They are too young to drive and too young to vote, but that doesn’t stop them from getting it. We Day 2010 was just a celebration of the fact that they get it. Erica Baker and Warren Springer also get it. In a big way. They are contributing, standing up for …
Oct
13
Your Job Works When Your Life Works
Before working at lululemon athletica, I had different views of work-life balance. They ranged from being able manage your task-list (not your contact list) to not needing to think about work outside of “work hours.” Now, things are different. The people I work with are people that I do yoga with after work (on the …
Oct
11
GMAT Scores and Gratitude Galore!
This long weekend, I attempted to achieve one of my goals. I was after a GMAT score of 740. After months of studying, I didn’t get a 740.(No boy genius here … damn it!) What I did get was a solid dose of gratitude. For the last few weeks in particular, while I ignored my …
Oct
10
I’m an Uncle!!
Oct 8th at 11:58 EST, my sister-in-law gave birth to a new bundle of Corker joy. Ciara Jane Anne Corker – welcome to the world! James & Laura – congratulations. She’s a corker! Sidenote: I can’t believe I’m an uncle!! <insert old man jokes here> Pick of the Post: Justin Blais – Some Kind Of …
Oct
05
Goals: To Post or Not To Post
After all this talk of setting powerful goals and my goals, I was sent this video from a great gent (Bruce) about why you shouldn’t tell other people about your goals: A lot of what Derek said was valid. That being said, three goal setting reminders came up for me after watching this: Who am …