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we are going to make it count

  =============== “As in war, chess requires one should preserve what one can,  and sacrifice what one cannot. Even to the sacrifice of the most valuable pieces to win the game.” —- Rachel Caine...

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souls are funny things (for people & businesses)

  ============== “Souls are funny things. They stay constant even when the outside changes, or when the heart makes mistakes. Souls don’t really care about good or bad, right or wrong — they’re just...

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organizational exhaustion

========== “I prefer physical exhaustion over mental fatigue any day.” —- Clotilde Hesme ============ “There is a construct in computer programming called ‘the infinite loop’ which enables a computer...

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authenticity, i.e., being genuine

===== “What I hate is ignorance, smallness of imagination, the eye that sees no farther than its own lashes. All things are possible. Who you are is limited only by who you think you are.” – Egyptian...

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rock bottom

  =========== “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling =============== “How do we forgive ourselves for all of the things we did not become?” — David ‘Doc’...

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find that everyone is a sinner

================ “If you dig deep enough, you’re going to find that everyone’s a sinner.” Logan Echolls ================ This about the fact people are imperfect, rarely 100% good, and the fact we all...

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persistent setbacks (not all setbacks are created equal)

  =========== “We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be.” —- Regina Brett...

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FLAWSOME (being authentic & imperfections)

  ———- “There’s a beauty in all my imperfections and he’s the one who holds them up for me to see.” Crazy/Beautiful —————— “Nobody is perfect. Everyone has their own little idiosyncrasies. Some people...

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humans can do it so quietly

================= “The worst thing about falling to pieces is that humans can do it so quietly.” inkskinned tumblr =========================== “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are...

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professional aspirationalist

==== ==== “I am not afraid of my truth anymore and I will not omit pieces of me to make you comfortable.” — Alex Elle === So. Being yourself is a tricky topic. In business, Life & deciding what you...

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leadership, resentment and impact on delegation

============ “I eventually came to understand that in harboring the anger, the bitterness and resentment towards those that had hurt me, I was giving the reins of control over to them.” Isabel Lopez...

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working with a competent incompetent blowhard

=========== “I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.” Eric Clapton ========== “Not everything is about you,” Clary said furiously. “Possibly,” Jace said, “but you do have to admit that the...

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imagining the potential

  === “Not even the human imagination satisfies the endless emptiness of the soul. “ Allen Ginsberg === nicesuggestions:     let the stardust inside your veins shine bright and light up the lives of...

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avoiding the attraction of avoiding

========= “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” Jean de La Fontaine =================== “But I live elsewhere; it is only that the attraction of the human world is so...

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icebergs and thoughts

=================== “Her sentences were icebergs, with just the tip of her thought coming out of her mouth, and the rest kept up in her head.” Gregory Galloway ==================== “A foolish...

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the advantage of the incomprehensible

  =========== “The advantage of the incomprehensible is that it never loses its freshness.” Paul Valéry ========== “The moment you decide an event is impossible and therefore stop directing your...

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fluff and fold (aesthetics and value)

======= “Aesthetics is the shop window, ultimately, if there’s nothing in that shop, it has no longevity, do you know what I mean?” Geri Halliwell ———————- Well. Of all people in the world I never...

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holes and kids

=== “And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” <Beyond Good and Evil> Friedrich Nietzsche === Well. This is mostly about being different. Well. Actually. Maybe this is...

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this is not the great america

Earlier today I reshared my thoughts on the lack of civility in political rhetoric and how that fosters an environment of violence – either unacted upon violent thoughts or actual violent actions. I...

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happy 30th MTV

Today, August 1st, is the anniversary of when MTV was ‘born. In 1981 it shared its first video and the VJs (video jockeys) became a thing. It seems like only yesterday that I was in graduate school...

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