May 16th, 2013
It’s graduation time and parents and grandparents are in the audience for commencement. If you haven’t experienced a commencement lately, it may be a bit lengthy, depending on the size of the graduating class.
Last year I attended my granddaughter’s commencement at Hillsdale. They traditionally hold it outdoors, and fortunately, the weather cooperated. Two years earlier when her brother graduated, it rained, and everything had to be held inside. Either way, grandmother wouldn’t have missed the experience! (Unlike the parents who (more)
April 18th, 2013
Last week, when I was clearing my closet of seldom, if ever worn items, which seemed like a bargain on the sales rack, it occurred to me that it was almost a spiritual, cleansing experience. With each rejected item, I was relieving myself of ever having to feel guilty about these mistakes again. (At least I can cross that one off my guilty list!)
As I began to delve deeper into the closet (Let’s face it, closets!), I began to think (more)
March 26th, 2013
Have you ever had the experience of trying to work with someone who has an opposite work style from yours? I recently experienced this problem while working on a volunteer committee. The chairperson worked “piece by piece” creating a crisis when it was time for the next piece.
My work style has always been to look at the end result that I am trying to accomplish then use that for the strategic plan. I call it “start at the end and (more)