Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. It is a time to relax, reflect on all of the things we have to be grateful for, and to eat enough to force you to unbutton your pants. It is also a holiday that can be filled with your crazy aunt, your creepy cousin, and lots of other family…
Once I was working with the CEO of a large company in Dallas and asked her what she did over a holiday weekend. She shared that she had four nephews – all under age 10 – come for a visit. When I asked how she could manage all of that, she said, “It was easy.…
Recently I spoke at an event where participants were able to send the speakers questions after the conference. I received some great questions, but one in particular really made me think. It was a simple question, but one that took me a while to answer. “Where do you want to be in 10 years”? I’ve…
Last week’s post began to explore the book, The Happiness Advantage by Sean Achor. Achor provides great research based evidence to support the importance of happiness and how to increase your level of happiness. This week we’ll explore three of the strategies Achor suggests. 1. Our interpretation of reality changes our experience of that…
Well, we did it. In just under 6 weeks, we decided we were going to move, put the house on the market, (sold it in just under a day), found a new house, packed, closed on both houses, moved out of one and into the other, unpacked, and started trying to return to some semblance…