One of the joys of introducing or reaquainting your child to your job and workplace is that you get to see it through their eyes. Often, they ask very simple questions that bust through our semi-conscious thinking and challenge those ideas that we just take for granted. And then, they add some much needed fun [...]

I’ve been meditating on a particular prayer that prefaces a sermon written by Davidson Loehr, a Unitarian Universalist minister in Austin, Texas. Through this prayer, I’m facing off with that great demon known to us as Playing-It-Safe. Davidson writes:
If we must fail, let us fail at high endeavors. Let us not fail to be [...]

See, here’s the thing…most of us take great pride in creating an interesting, provocative, web experience through our blogs. But, if you only get your blog content from a newsreader, you miss the whole experience. It’s kinda like listening to your favorite band on AM radio…the sound is there, but it’s less than an optimal [...]

Here’s a thought…what if we treated our happiness and contentment with work and life as a RIGHT rather than a PRIVILEGE?
A friend of mine reached out to me through my request for help locating folks in Austin, TX and in the midst of the dialogue, we surfaced this question. Kelly noted that her childhood memories [...]

Well, leave it to Kathy Sierra to inspire me to do something else. She asks a seemingly simple question about why many people (and I’m included here) don’t like to exercise when most animals crave it.
She muses…
Take a human out of his work cubicle or off the couch and turn him loose outside. What happens? [...]