I have dropped the ball on my new year resolution of self-love. Not that I have stopped loving myself - I have just stopped writing about it in my blog. In early January I wrote: My resolution is about recognizing and acknowledging something about myself that I love every week in 2012. 52 things I [...]
An eye for an eye…
I was happy to learn that the prosecutors involved in Sherry Arnold's murder case are going to be seeking the death penalty. I believe firmly that the two men accused of kidnapping and murdering Sherry - Lester Van Waters Jr. and Michael Keith Spell - should be made to give what they have taken. Of course, [...]
Where is the sense in it all?
Can you hear me screaming? Can you feel veterans' pain? Can you see the cost of their patriotism? Can you taste the families' tears? Can you smell the fresh dirt that covers their graves? A veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes. Veterans are only one percent of the population, but they account for 20% of suicides. [...]
I am outcome-focused…
I missed Parade Magazine's annual report on the amount of money folks across the U.S. make. I wasn't all that disappointed about missing it as it always left me feeling like a loser - well, at least as far as income goes. But then I remind myself that not everything is about money and I move on. The [...]
I brake for robins?
I have taken to traveling the back way out of my neighborhood down 10th Street West in West Fargo now that I am taking the interstate to work each day. If you have ever traveled down that road you know that it is one of the worst roads in West Fargo. It has protruding manholes and [...]
Caring – North Dakota style.
It wasn't until I moved to North Dakota that I learned what the concept of community meant. Of course I knew the word from grade school on, but knowing a word and understanding its meaning in a conceptual way are two very different things. I lived the bulk of my life in California and although [...]
Lead like a girl.
There are two researchers - Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman - who last month published a blog about their most recent leadership data collection. The blog post references data to answer the question, "Are women better leaders than men?" And the answer is - yes. Of course I am not surprised at this answer. I believe in the [...]
THE NEW FORTY 