@FredStokes is a Superbowl champion, an entrepreneur, a gifted speaker and an incredible human. Thanks to @ChrisWhite, he’s also my friend. One of the many gifts of learning from a diverse group of people over the course of my career has been the synthesizing of messages. You know the saying “when the student is ready the teacher appears?” Fred was presenting to one of…
There’s a Chance #394 Sometimes you read the perfect book at the perfect time. I have done so twice. I read Eat, Pray, Love by @ElizabethGilbert while I was going through my divorce and wow, did I feel like she was talking only to me. Clearly, she wasn’t as she is a profoundly gifted author who writes in a way which speaks directly into the…
Priorities Ablaze I love music. So does my husband, Kevin. We can spend hours listening to music of all genres. It’s even better if we’re toodling along on our pontoon enjoying the moments. Some of our ventures include one hit wonders, trips down memory lane or we play the “music game” with friends and family as we each choose a song to share with the group and expand…
We had some extreme storms recently. It was an extensive light show lasting throughout the night with some of the storms producing hail. There was minimal damage where we were, others weren’t as fortunate. Prior to the storms, the humidity and dew point were extreme. In Minnesota, this means you walk outside and feel like you could cut the air…
Failure is the fastest and most permanent teacher. I found out it was National chocolate chip cookie day (there really is a holiday for everything) and my husband loves cookies. Chocolate chip cookies are one of his favorites. So, I found this link to the top recipes in my favorite daily read, The Morning Brew. As I was approaching my anniversary and vacation, it…
Transition time. Do you miss it? Do you notice it’s gone? Another blurred line for many people is the time traveling to work, returning home, going to get lunch, walking to meetings, traveling to and from kids’ events, even going to the grocery store for many people. If you’re someone who travels from your office to your kitchen for lunch, or from your kitchen…
I was on a Zoom recently with a group of CEOs. Really, who isn’t on a Zoom with a group most days these days? Anyway, the subject came up of the blurring of home and work lines as summer is coming to an end. Now these CEOs all happened to be female and many of them were challenged with interruptions…
Life is never going back to the way that is was… NEVER. As I hear people discuss the “new normal” whatever that is, I wonder what they mean. In my estimation, we’ll be living as we are right now, easily into 2021 and very possibly to the end of 2021. Do I have a crystal ball? No. Do I believe the data…
Sometimes, organizing the environment around you calms the mind. When I receive challenges, bad news or find myself feeling overwhelmed, I organize and clean. For whatever reason, it calms my mind, gives me time to think, reduces external clutter and during the process, I reduce internal clutter. It does not take much brain power for me to clean and organize and while I’m busy with…
We’ve been given the gift of redesign in 2020 in a big way. Have you optimized the gift? Do you have an ideal structure for your best day? If not, here are some things to consider: How much sleep do you need to feel your best? What time would you wake up? Are you a slow starter or a jump starter? Arrange your day according to your energy and…