“Were you si-lent or were you si-lenced?” asks Oprah. Like an orchestra conductor before a musical canvas, she makes an elegant brushstroke gesture as the question is produced.
The rhythm is slow.
The carefully enunciated words dance in the air before landing on surprised ears.… Continue reading
If you are dreading going back to work after the holidays, you aren’t alone. Many come down with what might be best described as “a bad case of the Sunday Scaries.”
Except, the Sunday Scaries are not typically preceded by a couple weeks of uninhibited freedoms.… Continue reading
The Queen’s Gambit is one of the most powerful dramas on Netflix. Ever. And the critics agree – this masterpiece is the “Best Limited Series” Emmy winner. Bravo!
Who could have guessed that a show about chess strategy could hook you like this!… Continue reading
Career mistakes happen to everyone, including the most experienced and pragmatic of individuals.
Thankfully, many are not career-ending mistakes. Although your stress level won’t suggest this at the time.
They can be caught and addressed in a timely and relatively straightforward fashion, squashing any chance of them morphing into major work snafu status.… Continue reading
Navigating your career should feel like you are on a treasure hunt. It is one of the greatest searches of your lifetime. You are the relentless Explorer.
A career presents various job paths, clues and problem-solving, teamwork and collaborative solutions, wrong turns and revised approaches.… Continue reading
Play Words with Friends with a friend or colleague and you will make a remarkable discovery: you’ve just unlocked their true personality.
The exciting word game brings several character traits of its players to the surface. From casual, friendly matches to shrewd tactics and aggressive play, there’s no telling what you may face.… Continue reading
Lessons from honeybees are astonishingly good. So delightful you won’t be able to resist biting off sweet chunks of wisdom from these little guys.
From their well-defined community structure and colony rules, to their vigourous working routine, the lessons from honeybees are tremendous.… Continue reading
You can glean powerful lessons from cricket, especially about the tough road to success. A journey that has its highs and lows, like anything else in life.
Of course, we tune in to experience the thrill of viewing competitive sport and witness the exuberant celebrations of players.… Continue reading
Travel to a developing country. And then aspire to travel to yet another one in the following years. Now there’s a savvy Growth move on your part.
Many of us can identify “that” country where we’ve resolutely declared in the past, “I would never step foot in that place.”… Continue reading
Life before lockdown vs. life after lockdown. Are you desperate to go back to your old daily patterns, or are you embracing new changes in your life?
Stay-at-home orders have eased. Our Old Lives are eagerly beckoning for us to rejoin them.… Continue reading
