Posts Tagged "holidays"
Weekend Wondering – The Gift of You
“Every decision you make – every decision – is not a decision about what to do. It’s a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.” - Neale Donald Walsch During the last month of the year, our thoughts are not only on the holidays, but also on the gifts that often define the season. Even though our adult selves may have put aside some of the “childish” excitement we used to have in anticipation of desired objects, there may be something to learn by reconnecting to that lost...
Read MoreWeekend Wondering – A Leading Holiday Season
The holidays often bring up the difficult juxtaposition of fantasy meeting reality. From childhood, we dreamed of special days filled with good food, fun times, and wonderful gifts. Often the reality of stressed out adults, parading by relatives rarely seen and toys not quite what we imagined pierced our visions and sent us spiraling into abyss of harsh reality. Before the holiday season gets into full swing, take a few quiet moments to reflect on your dreams for the upcoming festivities. Are you thoughts based in unrealistic childhood fantasy? Have you become an adult Scrooge defending against disappointment by remaining jaded? Are you basing your success during the...
Read MoreWeekend Wondering – When the Party’s Over
Are you feeling a bit down today? Or are you just getting revved up for the December holidays? Whatever your reaction to the post-Thanksgiving feast and Black Friday mayhem, it is likely an indication of our cultural addiction to intensity, action, and the resultant stress. We have all become so programmed to the tsunami of incoming information that some studies suggest that people are checking for new messages (of all kinds) as much as every 30 seconds! For those addicted to the urgency, a slowdown of e-mails, news feeds, and family texts cannot be balanced by the slew of Facebook Thanksgiving posts. So, the reaction is two-fold, either we sink into a stupor not sure...
Read MoreWeekend Wondering – Thanksgiving, Families and Leadership
With Thanksgiving around the corner, this weekend is our last before the Holiday Season kicks into high gear. How are you feeling about the Holidays? If you are like most people, a host of emotions trailing back to childhood color our experience of the annual festivities. Thanksgiving has become the time when we gather with family and friends and toast the success of brave pilgrims weathering the challenges of a new world. That is until the food orgy, football games and familial disputes run us into the biggest shopping day of the year. One way to freshen our traditional feelings of thanks this year is to look at yourself and your leadership in a new light. Living the...
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