Did you have a good summer? Are you feeling refreshed and ready to deal with: The month of October when somehow a 24-hour day morphs into one with several more hours? Meeting all your 4th quarter goals and objectives? Those end of year performance goals…sales goals, and then… The HOLIDAYS! Yes, they’re coming up quickly […]
I spoke before this wonderfully collaborative group of HR professionals recently (Southeastern PA (SEPA) SHRM chapter) and told them how I took my new dress that I was wearing into the dry cleaner. My cleaner responded by saying how much she liked the dress too and asked me, “Does it come in a smaller size?” […]
I decided it was time to make my move. I had waited patiently — a full three days after hearing Jon Kabat-Zinn, the pioneer of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, make a firm request: that people seated at the back of the room move to the front. “I will move people around,” he warned, peering into the […]
In this busy holiday season full of activities, I invite you to Pause and Notice. This is an ideal time to use all your senses to make lasting and meaningful memories with loved ones. And it is an opportunity to “Let Go.” According to the Mayo Clinic: “Letting go of grudges and bitterness can […]
Here’s a “take away” if you read nothing else: Notice your judging mind with compassion and maybe a bit of humor. Would You Eat Raw Onions at Work or Judge a Person Who Did? Several years ago, while I was working in the New Brunswick corporate office of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), I went down […]
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