Gratitude

Rather than pausing on Thanksgiving to give thanks on just one day of the year, how different would your life be if you practiced gratitude every day? I remember a time, not too long ago, when I was in a very dark place in my life. As I struggled to find a way out of...

By Association

“It’s who you know.” This may be true. But in a lot of cases, it’s also “who knows you.” So, how do we become known? How do we establish ourselves as members of an industry or a community? Social media is one way. We join Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and a myriad of...

Hard to Say

These past few days I’ve been working on a script for a national convention. While rewarding, it’s not been overly compelling stuff. Until now. Just now, I wrote a section of the script where a well-respected member of the industry was slated to receive an...

A Change of Season

I love the change of seasons. It proves the natural rhythm of things. After 25 years in Florida where it’s always perfect, and the years just run together in an endless sea of blue skies, now I welcome the cold, the rain, the snow. I know now I’m moving...

Failure Acceptors

I heard a term the other morning that I had never heard before. It’s a term that teachers use to describe certain students who are not doing well in school.  It’s a term they use for the student who stares out of the window instead of engaging with the class and the...