Archive for 2006/02


Roles: a Weekly Planning Example

Monday morning is weekly planning time. This Monday morning also happens to be post-vacation and I’ve every intention of riding this relaxed feeling as long as possible. Happily, it gave me a refreshed perspective of scheduling using Roles.
Part of the relaxed feeling is from not being overwhelmed by daily details, from not feeling the […]

Family vacation report

After several days of 80 degree weather, many sets of tennis, doing “gymnastics” in a perfect temperature pool, delicious food, excellent company (Mom, Dad, sister Erin, and Erin’s new beau Dave) I thoroughly relaxed. Ahhhhh, feels good to get out of the daily patterns. It’s like hitting the “reset” button. Amazing how calming perfect weather […]

Erin’s Great Idea

Today my sister Erin and I drove from 5:15 am until about 1:30 pm to get to family vacation location in Palm Desert (east of Los Angeles). We had many conversations about subjects all over the map :)
The one I’ll relay here was a story about going in to work yesterday. She is […]

Long weekend update

I’ll be hanging with the fam this weekend for a long needed several days of R&R. Website posting may, or may not, have a bit of a reprieve. I’ll be back in lovely Nevada County on Monday.
Cheers!

A Letter to My Friend Scott About Toastmasters

My dear friend Scott, who is currently in Belgium through the Fulbright Program, asked me about Toastmasters and what I do as Area Governor. I was hoping this would interest him because he is lecturing.
Hi Scotty,
Toastmasters is International–around for 80 years and is now in 40 countries. The most obvious reason someone might join […]

Many thanks for the kind words!

Happy clients make me happy. Simple as that.
Much appreciation to those who have shared their experience on the testimonials page for others to know about. Artist Leah Wilson, Jason Rainey, Executive Director of SYRCL, & Suzie Daggett, Publisher of the INSIGHT Directory have all recently added their thoughts to the website. Thank you!

The Best Time of Day

…to do what? That depends on what time of day it is! Acknowledge and play to your Strengths.
For example, I know that early morning is the best time for me to write and do big-picture planning. If I try to do it later in the day, it’s forced, takes a lot longer than it […]