Feel Rich and Appreciated When I lived in Austin, I worked for a company that had a strict matrix for how merit performance increases were allowed. To say that in plain English, in an effort to … [Read more...]

It’s a Problem I’ve been looking at the problems I’ve faced down, moved around, and crawled over. Something stands out as more interesting than their causes or how they were solved. Every time a … [Read more...]

Visual Stimulation Every year in publishing, the push for sales conference was brutal. My birthday was for most of my coworkers a “drop dead date.” The focus, the hours, the living, breathing … [Read more...]

See the Joy of Learning! Ah, how we’re all waiting for spring time. I remember how I used to wait to break out my bike for that first bike ride. Even before the streets were quite clean and … [Read more...]

Change My Job with a Thought Ever hear someone talk about a brand new job? Whenever I do, it takes be back to those nice first day of school feelings. Life seems light. The world is fresh. Even the … [Read more...]

The Power of a Smile Patrick was a 6-year-old white kid, who lived in the inner city — possibly the red light district — he walked to school, where I was a student teacher. It was a rough school … [Read more...]

As I write my blog this morning, I think of those who cannot. I think of those who are not allowed to talk. I mean the people, young and old, who cannot say what they believe, who cannot see what see, … [Read more...]

How-cool-is-this!!! Robert Hruzek of Middle Zone Musings sent out an email to a few close friends about a series he writes monthly. Robert’s been thinking, and he’s decided to make a challenge. He … [Read more...]

Begin Yesterday I wondered about What it means to be wise? I’m still wondering. . . . I’ve been wondering about that most of my life. “I came to this city a brave and broken girl, determined to … [Read more...]

Be the Teacher Listening. We all want to be heard. It’s often a gift to listen when someone needs to talk. But not always . . . Sometimes we talk just to know that we’re here. Sometimes we rattle … [Read more...]