A couple of weeks ago, I noticed a puzzle piece lying in the street. My first reaction was a moment of lizard-brain panic. I was working on a jigsaw at home and was having trouble finding a missing piece. Had this piece somehow gotten caught in a fold of my clothing and fallen to the …
Tag: Resistance
3 Degrees Plus Wind-Chill
It is terribly, brutally cold outside. Not as cold as it is in the Midwest, but colder than it has been in this – relatively – milder winter (and my employees from Michigan and Wisconsin always complained that it was colder in New York because of the wind-chill). This morning, my phone said 3° when …
Leading Horses to Water
I was reflecting over the weekend on how easy it is to see what other people need to change. And how hard it is to get them to make that change. Sometimes people pick up change easily – I worked with one manager who, when he received feedback, never really acknowledged it in the moment. …