Why We Need an INNER CIRCLE

Why We Need an INNER CIRCLE

Motivation, Personal Mastery

It’s 9:00 AM and I’m at the bottom of the steps to the second floor in my mom’s apartment complex in Clarksville, TN.  It’s a Friday, any Friday, since I’ve had Lisa block the calendar to keep this day open so I can check in on my mom. Mom lives by herself as she has...
The Morning After

The Morning After

Personal Mastery

It’s Wednesday morning, November 3, 1976, and I walk my 12-year-old self into the kitchen to hear my parents talking happily. That means a lot.  Normally, it’s constant arguing. They are celebrating the results of the presidential election between Gerald Ford and...
Hanging in the Balance

Hanging in the Balance

Personal Mastery

Work/Life balance is a fallacy.  And yet, we try to prove otherwise on a regular basis. Once upon a time, there was work/life separation.  You came to work, did your job, and went home. Technology changed all that.  With technology, there was never a need to unplug. ...
My Wake-up Call

My Wake-up Call

Growth, Personal Mastery

It’s 1:05 PM on a hot August afternoon and I’m racing to get home. I have a 1:30 Zoom call, my dogs have been outside in their kennel since 6:15 AM and I need to get them out of the heat and into the house.  Plus, I really need to pee. Earlier that day, I did two,...
A Tale of Two Grandmas

A Tale of Two Grandmas

Get Better, Growth, Personal Mastery

When I got the call in 1994, long distance from my mom while stationed on the island of Guam, I was crushed.  Just a week before, my grandma had called me out of the blue for no reason.  Just to say hello.  And now my mom told me she was gone. Jean Stanczyk, who I...