Ramblings From a Glass Half Full
I started this blog on December 25, 2005 as a lark; a friend of mine had showed me his Blogger account a few days before and I thought “cool, a place to put your thoughts”. So on that particular Christmas day I decided to establish a place to put my thoughts. But it needed a name- …
This past week I visited one of my favorite places, Glacier National Park in Montana. The natural wonder is abundant, with majestic mountains, gorgeous lakes, streams and waterfalls, and many species of wildlife. These trips never fail to recharge and inspire me. Sure enough, as I left the park on this particular day I was once again ready …
After doing something for 27 years, you’d think that you could figure it all out and know how to “do” it really, really well, and gain fulfillment too. That “something” for me is work (aka what we do to make a living). And nope, I haven’t quite figured it all out yet – which I gather isn’t …
Remember the old Smith Barney commercial with John Houseman? In it he uttered one of those unforgettable lines that will forever be emblazoned in my memory: “Smith Barney – they make money the old-fashioned way – they eaaaaaarn it” I was thinking about that line a lot lately, and the significance of “earning”. The dictionary defines earn “to …
In case you haven’t heard , we have entered into yet another new phase in human development – the “New Age of Nice”. It was declared as front page news (with a big smiley face) in this past Sunday’s New York Times. The article made its case by citing the recent popularity of Judd Apatow’s movies and …
“Even though you’ve grasped the bar, you still need to pull yourself over it” Picture you are a researcher, looking over one of the most comprehensive long-term studies of human behavior. You spend 42 years with nearly 270 men, studying their lives. While the human mystery generates 270 different stories that, on the surface, defy any explanation, …
I find it fascinating that I can have a conversation with certain people and I always know I’ll walk away from it with some kind of useful insight. One of those people is Chris Garrett, blogger extraordinaire and co-author of what I consider to be one of seminal books on our craft, “ProBlogger”. Unfortunately we didn’t …
Yesterday I came across an article in the New York Times written by Kirk Johnson about a non-profit organization called “Rachel’s Challenge”. Rachel Scott’s life was tragically cut short 10 years ago tomorrow at Columbine High School, but she left something very special behind. It was an essay she wrote a month before her death entitled “My …
I had an interesting exchange on Twitter last week, where I was referred to as a “non-stop” evangelizer. That one made me run to the dictionary, because I wasn’t used to “evangelize” being used pejoratively. Aside from its religious connotation, an evangelist is “an enthusiastic advocate”. Someone promoting a cause, or a person, or a concept – or …
“It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who …
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