Ho w many times are children - and some adults - admonished to eat their vegetables or, more broadly, to do something that is probably good for us but that we don't really want to? I find that I still need these prompts from time-to-time though, thankfully, I've learned to give myself the "eat your... Continue Reading →
...ends where your nose begins. This pithy little saying was something I came up with in college to try and describe where I stood on the question of personal freedoms. For many, college is a time to challenge assumptions and to entertain new ways of looking at the world. For me, this led to an... Continue Reading →
Today (May 16), Jim Henson - creator of the Muppets and the original voice & spirit behind Kermit, Ernie, Rowlf the Dog and numerous other beloved characters - passed away in 1990. I thought it might be fitting to share some of the wisdom of this man whose legacy still resonates with so many people... Continue Reading →
A lack of enthusiasm led to the absolute hardest time I had filling a role on my team. It took nine months and we went through three full rounds of posting the position, screening candidates, going through first, second and third round interviews only to decide - twice - that our final candidates just weren't... Continue Reading →
I've been seeing information about "Generation Z" showing up increasingly in the last several months and was pleasantly surprised by some of the broad characterizations that are being made about this newest grouping. True, we have a tendency to to try and lump people together by generations (Baby Boomers, Millennials, Gen X and so on)... Continue Reading →
Many - and maybe most - of us will be familiar with poet Robert Frost's arguable most famous stanza: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken" This has long been a call for people to... Continue Reading →
Okay. Confession time. I love to read or even listen to books targeted to kids and young adults... Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, even classics like A Wrinkle in Time. You name it and I've probably read it at some point or another. In a moment of self-reflection, I got to thinking on why I keep... Continue Reading →
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