With all of the carnage in the financial markets, combined with the non-stop reports of doom in the media, it takes something these days to maintain a balanced perspective. Hence this blog entry. For me, the past few months have certainly had their ups and downs, and my perspective has taken a beating from [...]
Sustainable Living
Monday, November 24, 2008
Unplug and focus
I'm dealing with a client situation right now that has taken on quite a life of its own. What I mean is that it's as if the project is a living, breathing beast that has overtaken the people involved in it and is spinning them around like twister spins houses effortlessly as it passes through [...]
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Keeping up with the (bad) news: Informed vs. Inundated
My last entry opened the topic of how to respond purposefully (and not just from fear or survival instinct) to the current economic troubles. This posting goes a little further down that path. One of the most effective ways of maintaining a balanced perspective is being purposeful about what we focus our attention on. With [...]
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
When Fear Takes Over
This blog entry is overdue, given the wild ride of the financial markets over the past few weeks, and the unbelievable amount of press associated with it. It is obvious that fear has been the predominant emotion driving the behaviours of millions of people around the world during this period. And unfortunately, because of modern [...]
Thursday, June 19, 2008
High oil prices – not all bad
Greetings from France. I arrived here yesterday to do some client work, and am writing to share an interesting conversation I had with the gentleman who picked me up at the airport on Wednesday morning. Among other things, we were talking about the high price of oil these days (who isn't?). The gentleman I [...]
Friday, February 15, 2008
Sustainable Living vs. Negotiation – Are they Connected?
Just two days ago I posted an entry about this new topic I will be writing about. I described my definition of "Sustainable Living" as including much more than "simply" living in a planet-friendly way (as if that weren't already enough of a challenge). I defined it to include every aspect of how we live [...]
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Sustainable Living
Today I am adding a new category to my blog: Sustainable Living. I know, this sounds like yet another "Green" initiative. That is partially true: I DO want to do my part to keep our planet livable, but the story doesn't end there. I am talking about "Sustainable Living" in a much broader sense. I [...]
