Stay Poised in the Noise
Statistics are fun. I mean, don’t you love knowing that Edison patented almost 1300 inventions in his lifetime? Or that summer on Uranus lasts 21 years? Or that more than 10 people a year are killed by a vending machine? Where do they get this stuff? Football stats are fun too. I always love the…
Read MoreNFL—Ultimate Employee Engagement
The season of the NFL, or the demonstration of “ultimate employee engagement has begun! “Employee engagement” is defined as “the emotional and functional commitment an employee has to his or her organization.” Statistics from Gallup show that 71% of all American workers are not fully engaged (see Gen Y multi-screening on company time). We CAN…
Read More"Look up, get up, and don't ever give up"
These are the words Michael Irvin used at the end of his acceptance speech when he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007. I am a Hall of Fame junkie as you know (see my blog posts from 2012 and 2011) so this last Saturday I was glued to the 3-hour…
Read More"The work goes on, the cause endures…"
As the song goes, “I am wo-man. W-O-M-A-N.” I love shopping AND sports. (46 days till the first NFL game!) My book encourages women to go for the “points,” using football as the metaphor. And now I’m watching a series of documentaries on ESPN Films: Nine for IX on Tuesday nights. It was inspired by…
Read MoreWimbledon Wows Me!
I was glued to the Wimbledon finals this last weekend. The women played on Saturday morning and the men on Sunday. Ladies first: Maria Bartoli beat Sabine Lisicki in straight sets, meaning two in a row. Maria’s story fascinates me. It is her first win in a major tournament after playing 47 tournaments in the…
Read MoreInspiration Till PreSeason
If you’ve been following my Tweets, you see I am really digging the NBA Finals. Some lessons from football carry over, and are IMPORTANT for us to remember every day: 1. The commitment is 100% and they play to the whistle. 2. Perseverance is their battle cry. I love the definition: “steadfastness in doing something…
Read MoreHow's It Going?
In keeping with my sports fandom, I should be writing about the NBA Playoffs. But with the 4 out of 7-game format, they seem to go on forever. The good stuff is still a couple of weeks away, when we get the Western and Eastern Finals leading to the BIG FINAL. So let’s focus on…
Read MoreMarch Madness: Expect the Unexpected
It’s that time of year again, when I become March Madness Girl, watching many games a day, especially the college women being necessarily ROUGH! And so much diversity! There was a SHORT player! Heather Butler, the star Junior player from a school called UT Martin, is 5’4” tops! The sportscaster said she is probably 5’2”—how…
Read MoreA Business of One's Own
Last night, I attended my regular meeting of women business owners (NAWBO) in the South Bay. I find whenever women gather together to be a very healing process. We introduced each other in an interview fashion. One of the questions was why we started our business. For me, ten years in Human Resources Development for…
Read MoreWill Life Imitate Art?: TV NFL Player Comes “Out”
I have long believed life imitates art. Leonardo da Vinci conceptualized a helicopter and a tank centuries before they were “invented.” The pioneering submarine designer, Simon Lake, credited his inspiration to Jules Verne’s science fiction story, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” It seems to me if we humans can envision it, it can happen and…
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