Posted in Reflections on December 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Where has a month gone?
It’s certainly been a busy one. Of course there was Thanksgiving, and my son flying home from San Francisco to spend the holidays with us. (All the while attached to his Blackberry, furiously texting and responding to emails regarding the Presidential campaign he was working with.) We’ve been helping my daughter get ready [...]
Posted in Reflections on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s Thanksgiving here in the US, and I wish all my readers a most happy and bountiful Thanksgiving.
I’d like to share a piece written by my friend John Dealey. Enjoy!
The Story and Spirit of THANKSGIVING
Originally, about 200 colonists had started to make the crossing to America in two ships, the Speedwell and Mayflower. However, after [...]
Posted in Failure, Reflections, Success, Thinking Differently, tagged , Failure, risk, Scott Berkun, Success on November 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
On the Thinksimplenow blog there’s a post on the 7 Habits of Highly Innovative People, and one of the habits includes:
‘Commit to Failure’ - “Commit yourself to taking enough risks that you will fail some of the time. If you’re not failing, we’re not doing something sufficiently difficult or creative.” -Scott Berkun
Coincidentally, on a [...]
Posted in Choices, Reflections on November 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I was having a conversation with a dear friend (Joan Emery) this evening and the conversation turned to things we did that really neither served us, nor made use of our strengths. Now, no one would know that some things that we did weren’t our strengths, because to the outside world we appear [wink] invincible. But, nonetheless, [...]
Posted in Reflections on November 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Nobody sets out to do a bad job. I don’t think anyone wakes up and says, today I am going to slack off. Thomas Leonard used to say (and I’m paraphrasing here) that everyone is doing their best, even when they’re not.
Think about it. That waiter who spills the water on you, and forgets to bring [...]
Posted in Reflections on November 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I recently had an appointment with an endocrinologist that I had to wait over six months to see. When I arrived at the office a few minutes before my scheduled appointment, the waiting room was full. I had been warned that this doctor never ran on schedule, so after I filled out the requisite paperwork, I [...]
Posted in Change, Choices, Reflections on September 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always felt that September was really the beginning of the year, rather than January 1st. It was the time that summer ended and the school year began. A time for new clothes, new notebooks, and new friendships. A slew of choices. It’s the time of the Jewish New Year, where you take time to [...]
