Category: Values, Interests, and Strengths

Topics in uncovering the things that are most meaningful to you: your personal values, interests and strengths that light you up and bring fulfillment to your life.

Are we weeding out our best stuff?

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With the weather turning balmy I’ve been doing more walking in our neighborhood. A month or so ago our neighbors put in this beautiful new garden in front of their house, a lovely arrangement of plants, flowers, a stone path and a sculpture of this big turtle. Every time I walk by it I smile… Continue reading Are we weeding out our best stuff?

Your Resume Is Not the Foundation of Your Career

Earlier this school year my daughters were tasked with an assignment to write about a famous person they admire. Before sending kids off to do the writing, the teacher spent weeks talking about the fundamentals of a good story – the plot, the story arc and the all-important character development. One of my daughters idolizes… Continue reading Your Resume Is Not the Foundation of Your Career

Our Advice: Don’t Follow Everyone’s Advice

I visited my mom over the weekend who’s now firmly in the grip of her Parkinson’s disease. As it’s continued its progression, my sister and I have reminded her, often, to exercise, since that’s been shown to have some benefit against the uphill battle she faces. She’s gone along reluctantly in an effort to slow… Continue reading Our Advice: Don’t Follow Everyone’s Advice

How to Uncover Your Values

At dinner recently, my husband asked about a workshop I’d facilitated, which led my daughter to ask about the specifics of what we’d talked about that day. My twins are now past the age where I can get away with a one-liner response they don’t understand. In true Elizabeth Warren fashion, “She persisted.” What exactly… Continue reading How to Uncover Your Values

Passport to Meaning (plus a FREE giveaway)

Last week I reconnected with a former colleague who I always liked working with. She could take on almost anything sent her way. But she said it was getting to be a grind – with each project she was becoming more and more miserable. She COULD do the work but she didn’t WANT to. What’s… Continue reading Passport to Meaning (plus a FREE giveaway)

The Power of Failure To Find Our Fit

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I got together with a dear friend over the weekend. He’s someone who I admire greatly for his amazing insight into and knowledge about people, a skill which has proven invaluable to him and those of us fortunate enough to work with him. The talk eventually turned to current events and Wimbledon. Despite being an… Continue reading The Power of Failure To Find Our Fit

If School and Camp Both Help Kids Learn, Why Is One So Much More Fun?

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Monday was the first day of summer camp at our house.  My daughters returned to a camp they went to last year, one where they get to choose from an array of options on what they’re going to do each day.  And I do mean an array – soccer, video games, cooking, sewing and lots… Continue reading If School and Camp Both Help Kids Learn, Why Is One So Much More Fun?

Leadership lessons from Seabiscuit. And Facebook.

Over the long weekend we managed to slip in an extra movie night at home.  As much as our kids love seeing movies, their preference is for seeing the same ones.  Again.  And again.  And again. So suggestions of new options are met with what could generously be called ‘reluctance’.  My husband is in sales… Continue reading Leadership lessons from Seabiscuit. And Facebook.