This week we headed north to tour Sleep Bear Dunes and Traverse City. Beautiful scenery and plenty of fun, but a delightful surprise came from our choice in lodging. We stayed in a one bedroom condo at Harbor Lights Resort in Frankfort, Michigan. Off one side of our deck was this beach. Looking to the…
Category: Work, Writing. Reading, Watching
Stories from my prior life in the corporate world and now as a writer
Sept 8th: Pinball Wizard
How do you think he does it? I don’t know! What makes him so good? He ain’t got no distractions Can’t hear those buzzers and bells Don’t see lights a flashin’ Plays by sense of smell Always gets a replay Never seen him fall That deaf dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball…
August 29th: Living the Red Mind life
A super famous viral blogger just said this the other day: We’re all scared shitless most of the time… Many of you read my LinkedIn posts and think I’m winning all the time and I consistently hit aces. I’m not. I’m fearful about career change, romantic relationships, having kids and not performing at work just…
August 24th: How’s the book writing going?
“How’s the book writing going?” Said the smiling guy at the community event last night. Smiling because he knew the answer. We had discussed before when I am due to start. “Does it LOOK like summer is over yet?” I laughed and pointed out the window at yet another perfect day in Michigan. Then today,…
August 19th: Two wrongs
Latest wisdom from my LinkedIn feed, and this came from an executive/owner of a significant business and cheered on by his readers: “When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the…
August 16th: Creating Happiness
Picture this: You have found your beach, and settled into your routine. You wake up in the morning, walk/run your beach, stop by your favorite beach shack for a little brunch. You go back to your humble abode, write for a few hours. Then back to the beach, relax and watch the waves while doing…
August 14th: Happiness and the General’s Horse
There I was, in a restaurant in Kansas City, relating to my uncle just how completely miserable I was at work. The details would make a good story. But one I will not write. The people involved in egregious management and cultural blunders are long gone. So many good people, also gone, and doing well…
August 13th: Happiness… a tale of two plants
(ok, still another post to go before I talk about my personal happiness) Remember the previous happiness post… 50% of your happiness genetically based, 10% from circumstances… with 40% based on actions/activities that we control? Now lets look at work happiness… picture these two factory floor cultures: Twenty+ years have passed. Since I worked in…
August 12th: Happiness, the smiley face curve
I had a professor who suggested plotting our individual level of happiness and income once per year. The result, for most people illustrated that as income rose over time, happiness didn’t. Much more recently, research has been published showing a U curve to happiness. Very high as a kid and young adult, then slowly dropping…
August 10th: Creating happiness
Researchers say 50% of your happiness is genetically based. Seems outrageously large at first. But, we all know people who are forever pessimistic, sad, complainers. “How are you doing today?” is always greeted with a list of complaints, ailments, or on their best of days an “ok”. And then there are those who always exude…