The Importance of Landmarks
Thoughts about landmarks and the French language. A few years ago I led a group of MBA students on a study abroad trip to Strasbourg, France. It was an amazing experience. Let me get a…
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Allow Serendipity
Are you feeling lucky? Serendipity is a fun-to-say word that has a wonderful meaning: a lucky accident or stroke of good fortune. Sometimes it seems that in our heavily planned, algorithm-driven lives, a stroke of…
Trampoline
The house behind our backyard is concealed by a number of large trees and shrubs, planted by us and a former neighbor who was and probably still is evil. The evil neighbors have moved, replaced…
Content versus Context
What’s the difference between content and context? Content is what you offer, what you know, what you do. We talk a lot about content. But don’t forget the context. Context is the surroundings around all…
Life is not linear
It’s Monday, and that means I have gently changed the dates my to-do list from last week to this week. Results? I’ve had a few but then again too few to mention. So here’s a…
Battle Sad
This week I’ve heard four different people in different parts of my life talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder. Cold and cloudy days in November might be bringing this on. Plus, our clocks “fall back” this…
Origin Story
Have you wondered where to find guidance and direction beyond just being handed a to-do list? Have you ever felt rudderless, needing inspiration and meaningful goals to achieve? Have you felt betrayed or screwed over…
Your Voice
Your Voice What, MY voice? Thanks for asking. My voice has been favorably compared to an insurance commercial voice-over, a funeral home director, and Mel Tormé (while he was speaking, not singing. I think.). The…
Voorpret
Voorpret! Yesterday I wrote about a couple of my favorite pronounceable acronyms, JOMP (Just one more push) and GELMO (Good enough, let’s move on). I suspect that in another language, those might actually be words….
JOMP versus GELMO
I love marketing. It gives me permission to invent new words. Here are two: GELMO, which means: Good enough, let’s move on. JOMP, which means: Just one more push! They say perfect is the enemy…