Monthly Archives: December 2017

(#397) A Blogger’s Retrospective: 2017 in Review


May you create, share, and savor powerful moments in the coming year and beyond. While sitting in an Austin hotel room at the end of May 2010, I wrote my first post for this blog. At that time, I had … Continue reading

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(#396) Circle the Wagons?


Rather than circling the wagons, maybe we should let the horses run. NOTE to my followers.  This will be my last post for 2017.  Next week in this space you will find my annual end-of-year retrospective.  Thank you for following, … Continue reading

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(#395) Acknowledge. Anticipate. Appreciate.


Acknowledge the past. Anticipate the future. And do not forget to appreciate the present.  As I enjoyed a Bahamian sunrise last week—disconnected from all but the waves and wind rushing by the ship’s balcony—three words came to mind. Acknowledge. Anticipate. … Continue reading

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(#394) Resilience: Supporting, Flourishing, Growing


Do you see resilience as springing solely from adversity? Can it build from positive interactions in times that lack trauma? As we age, do we become more of ourselves? Do we become more of what we have already been in … Continue reading

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(#393) Incompetent People Who Believe They Are Exceptional


They not only lack the ability to see superior talent and skills in others, they possess a blatant inability to recognize their own ineptitude and shortcomings. You know the type. Perhaps you work with one, or two, or more. You … Continue reading

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