I am Blessed

I was going to write about work this week as I love what I do. But too many “in the moment” things have occurred this week to let it pass. In terms of Action Learning I have mentored many through the various levels. To get to the senior level requires delivering the classes observed. More…

As I said earlier the shack is my haven of peace. It’s where I go when I need to sort out my life. I spent some time there after each of my divorces as I needed to figure out what next. I needed to determine out who I was as an individual and what was…

Growing up my dad had started with a couple of tropical fish tanks. This grew into his become a full-fledge breeder. At his peak, he had over one hundred tanks. A task we could do to earn some spending money was to help clean the filters. At that time filter were packed with fiberglass and…

This is perhaps the greatest compliment I’ve ever received. And I’ve been fortunate to have received it several times. Couple blogs back I’d mentioned the dad from Pakistan that uses me as an example for his son and employees. This is different, this has been from several perspectives. I teach Action Learning team coaching to…

Since the initial cancer diagnosis, I have never doubted that we would get it all. This was one of those nuisance things, not something that could potentially be fatal. I was driving to a client site with a colleague and said to him, “The upside of cancer…” He paused my thought to say, “You are…

Many years ago my daughters, second husband, and I took a trip to Arizona. Planning the Grand Canyon portion of the trip I called a tour service. Big mistake! Basically, they said the Grand Canyon was a big hole in the ground – 5 minutes is plenty. They could schedule us for a tour that…