No expectations, no disappointments.
I’m a planner. I’m a goal-setter. I love the strategy that goes along with discerning a five-year strategic plan. But in addition to my goal-setting-strategic-planning posture, I’ve found that I also need to embrace the discipline of having no expectations. The things that frustrate, anger, and irritate me have one thing in common: I don’t like […]
There Are No LEGO Instructions For Your Startup
I just saw LEGO The Movie. This movie successfully transported me back to my childhood but it also tossed me about in the now and future. It had a modern day nostalgic feel to it. For me, it did a great job showing life in a big company as well as in a startup. The […]
"Why Not Me?" – Russell Wilson
Why not me? Why not us?! Seahawks in the Super Bowl.
Richard Sherman: Belief Promotes Behavior
Disclaimer: I’m not a sports-blogger. But I couldn’t resist writing up something – along with the rest of the world – on Richard Sherman’s behavior and post-game interview with Erin Andrews. If you haven’t seen it, click here. Fans around the world are divided – they have commented that Sherman should have had more class, […]
Remembering Nick Magnotti and Supporting Alyssa
Over two years ago on 11.11.11 the Seattle community surrounded Nick and Alyssa Magnotti as Nick battled a rare form of cancer. We have all have loved, hoped, cared and prayed for Nick and Alyssa along this journey. This morning Nick passed away. In the spirit of our desire to wrap our arms around Alyssa […]
Humanizing Work
This past November, I attended a Humanizing Work conference in New York City. Mark Crowley (well-known writer for Fast Company) gave a compelling and challenging talk regarding leadership in the workplace. He commented that during the past few years, worker’s needs have changed, but their leaders have not. This has resulted in workers being dissatisfied with […]
Be thankful. The choice is yours.
This past week, I was reminded by something that I heard at a conference almost a year ago now. The speaker remarked: The key to unlocking your greatest happiness is thankfulness. With another Thanksgiving coming and going, I’ve spent a lot thinking about how correlated those two things are – thankfulness and happiness. Can you […]
Shonda Award
Today marks the four month mark of when Shonda McCarty Kearns passed away from cancer on July 22, 2013. With Thanksgiving a week away, I am thankful for Shonda and her friendship. I’ve been feeling strongly about wanting to do something to honor and remember her presence in my life and those that she worked […]
Stop Overthinking It
“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey
If you want to have a better future, stop trying to have a better past.
Don’t let your past haunt you. I’m a fairly positive and forward-thinking person. But hiccups along the way usually involve dwelling too much on the mistakes of my past and trying to remedy and re-remedy them. Even though most of the time they’ve already been dealt with. We’ve all been told that mistakes are helpful, […]