Jan 14, 2021 | Experience, Vision
Friend of a friend: “I could never get a job at the bank again” Me: “Why’s that?” Friend of a friend: “It’s not possible” A few years ago, I had a conversation with a friend of a friend over brunch. She had left her banking job to go into another industry. She wasn’t...
Jan 5, 2021 | Mission, Vision
This family offsite was right before the end of the year, to say farewell to 2020 and hello to 2021. As usual, it started with a review of the last quarter. Both my husband and I were pretty proud of ourselves as we gave our highest ranking for the last quarter. It’s...
Dec 18, 2020 | Motivation, Vision
“I acknowledge myself for….“ – Complete the sentence. When you look back over the year, it’s easy to think about the things you didn’t get round to or didn’t finish. It can be tempting to start this and then end the sentence with “but I didn’t manage to do X, Y...
Dec 16, 2020 | Beliefs, Vision
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” This quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein. Have you ever felt that you didn’t measure up because you couldn’t meet your...
Dec 2, 2020 | Mission, Vision
“A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.” – Zen Shin Talks Have you ever found yourself comparing yourself to someone? It’s very common. Sometimes this helps but most of the time it doesn’t. There’s even a term in Cognitive...
Dec 1, 2020 | Mission, Vision
“How would you cut this cake into 8 pieces using 3 cuts?” Years ago, a creative speaker I was working with asked the audience this question. Most of the people stopped once they had one answer. One solution solves the problem. Makes sense. The speaker went on to show...
