I Believe in Me

With the cool air outside and kids fast asleep snug in their beds, I watched a little bit of TV last week. I watched part of the chaos that happened in the Republican Presidential Debate on CNN. I also watched something a little more fun – the World Series. What I found remarkable and interesting is the number of experts surrounding both events. One expert says this. Another one says that. One newspaper reports it this way. Another reports it […]

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New Rules for My 1st Grader

My 6-year-old daughter came into my basement office today and started goofing around while I was really focused on finishing something important. I just needed a few more minutes so to keep her occupied, I asked her to keep herself busy by writing whatever she wanted on the board behind my desk. After a few minutes she remarked, “Huh, there’s a lot of NOs papa”, as she pointed to the list she almost completed. I turned around and noticed that […]

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Tough Talk Tuesday

Once in a while you’ve got to kick yourself to get motivated in these times full of uncertainty, unpredictability, complexity and chaos. So this is my personal tough talk to myself as I left the house this Tuesday morning as I made my hour plus commute to the city. Hey Bob, Today’s the day to get off your laurels and do something different. Stop putting things off just because you are unsure where things will go. Who really knows what […]

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Right Here, Right Now

I went to bed about 11pm the other night and couldn’t sleep. 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30!…I kept looking at the clock and given that my alarm clock was set for the usual 5:45am, I was getting more anxious as time went on. “Come on Bob – get to sleep. Come on you can do it”, I said to myself as I desperately tried to calm my mind. I needed to fall asleep fast but something was keeping me up. The […]

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Matching Pajamas Are Not Important

Over the last 12 months, Harry and Hanna have gone through plenty of turbulence, uncertainty and chaos at work. My wife and I hadn’t seen them in a while since Harry moved away for his job so sitting down to pizza on a recent Friday night was a treat for us. Uncertainty, unpredictability and chaos at work and in their life started a little over a year ago when Harry got laid off due to a major downsizing. Around the […]

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