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...]
Change the World: Solve a Problem about Problems
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...]
Change the World: Be Awe-Inspired
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...]
Change the World: Joy!
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 the World: Start a New Job
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...]
Change the World: Be Disarming
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...]
Change the World: Know What We’ve Got
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...]
Change the World: Take a Challenge
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...]
Change the World: Be Wisdom Defined
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...]
Change the World: Knowing When Not to Listen
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...]









