If you’re in the accounting profession, you’re no stranger to peak busy seasons and may find yourself in the midst of one as we speak. I’m working through a busy season of my own in my professional life; setting up for the launch of multiple learning programs while planning and working to prepare for my [...]
Hobbies have never been something I lacked but fishing has a special place in my heart. It triggers a plethora of memories, from my grandpa driving a rental boat at the Lake of the Ozarks to catching my first fish myself in a pond in Copper Mountain and learning to fly fish from my husband. [...]
How are you? I mean, really. How are you doing over there? None of us could have anticipated this pandemic and the abrupt transformation of our lives as a result. And none of us would have pictured it continuing for all of 2020, but that’s exactly what it’s doing. Perhaps most disconcerting is that none [...]
“What is one behavior, or habit, we all should develop as a result of the events of 2020?” This was a question posed to Simon Sinek in a webinar this summer. His response, after some thought, was LISTENING. Is that what came to your mind initially? I will admit it wasn’t what came to mine, [...]
I recently got a letter from my sister who was complaining about not being able to go anywhere or do anything with friends and family that she was accustomed to doing. I began writing about “Living with Limitation” and then listened to a talk by a minister entitled “Moments of Inspiration.” I also recognize that [...]
It’s a weird time in the world. The newness of “life during a pandemic” has passed. Yet, we’re still living IN a pandemic and dealing with the constraints of such. Many have accepted the reality of our “new normal” and that masks and social distancing are now part of our daily routine. Acceptance doesn’t necessarily [...]
Trust is an intimate word, isn’t it? Merriam Webster defines trust as an “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.” To trust someone is to have confidence in who that person is. The words in the definition above that stand out to me are character and truth. To be trusted, [...]
In our current situation, we all feel vulnerable. How can you not with the uncertainty of when and how the Covid-19 pandemic will end? After all, no one had a contingency plan for an illness of this scale and its impact on the world economy. We have many experts talking at us, but frankly, many [...]
I pray this post finds you healthy and safe. And, I hope that it also finds you in action, working to devise solutions to the many challenges we’re facing in our new normal, sheltering in place, working remotely, homeschooling, and generally hiding out to protect ourselves and others from the COVID-19 virus. This week, I [...]
