We like it when life makes sense, when events connect like corner puzzle pieces. We prefer it when there is no room for ambiguity. We so want order and meaning that sometimes we unconsciously make it up, we fill in the holes with interpretation and speculation because having an answer, any answer, puts us at…
Tag: Brené Brown
Thankful Thursday: Some Books Deserve a Revisit
This week, as I sat back to think about what I was grateful for the usual people and circumstances emerged. Then I began to think about some of the things I have been doing lately. One of them is reading, which led me to the idea of how grateful I am for the two books…
Forget Live Tweeting, Lowi & G Are Live Reading!
Live Reading, you ask? Yep, we are the consummate book geeks. In fact, a week ago Lowi texted me (shocking, right?) that she had finished Brené Brown’s latest book, Rising Strong (another big shock). Anyway, I momentarily had the thought, should I buy the book or get it from the library? In fact, midway through typing…
Life Lesson: Doing Our Best
I am currently reading Brené Brown’s book, “Rising Strong.” There isn’t anything I don’t love about this book, but one subject has jumped out at me this week. She devotes a whole chapter to whether people, in general, think that others are doing the best they can. She bases her initial hypothesis on a bad…
Tribe or Triage?
I have had some great learning experiences lately and, much like Lowi mentioned the other day, when people show you who they are… you should believe them. Similarly so, when it seems like someone doesn’t value you, your time, or your contribution — they don’t. So stop already. All it really means is you are not…
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