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“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune. Lemons suggest sourness or difficulty in life; making lemonade is turning them into something positive or desirable. (Wikipedia) Life is not easy. Life will throw things at you, often,…
I watched a TedTalk a few years ago and for the life of me I cannot recall the name of it. It started with the following question: What’s the worse feeling in the world? The answer? Regret Research will confirm that most people feel regret for not doing something. I fell upon Daniel Pink’s TedTalk…
Acceptance v Understanding Acceptance is about moving forward. And learning valuable lessons along the way. It is always during our darkest times that any light will shine brightest. “Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” – George Orwell I keep reminding myself that I need to work on skipping the understanding part. People and circumstances are…
Growing up I never fit in. Being from a small town certainly didn’t help. I felt different than everyone around me. So much so, that as a grade 10 student, at the ripe age of 15, I switched from the French school system to the local English high school. It was a bold move to…
Acceptance – the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered. Understanding – comprehension. I’ve always struggled with “accepting” things. More importantly, I really struggle moving forward from things I don’t accept. Or is it can’t accept? Or won’t accept? I feel compelled to understand the why. I get stuck. And I want to be unstuck. But how?…
For many, this was a short work week which can make for more work. I’m checking in – how are we doing? I’m asking because I have work for you, too! From The Punisher: Showing up matters. From Lessons from COVID: “Relationships are the artifacts of our culture.” How can you create casual collisions? It…
Like many of you, I tried to stay busy during our first Covid lockdown in March 2020. I signed up for daily webinars, ordered books (and beer) and watched lots of documentaries. I learned a lot but, admittedly, probably forgot more than I learned. I was recently reviewing my “Professional Development” folder and came across…
The Punisher is a character from Marvel Comics. He is depicted as a vigilante who employs murder, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence, and torture in his campaign against crime. Driven by the deaths of his wife and children, the Punisher wages a one-man war on crime. The Punisher has always been blurred between the distinction of “good” and “evil”.…
This is already our fourth Friday recap, friends. They say fourth times a charm. Time flies, doesn’t it? For many of us, this is the start of a long weekend. Take some time to think about any unlearning you can muster. “On a long weekend, Boydy? Come on!” Yes, on a long weekend… This week,…
In his book Dream Teams, Shane Snow shares about The Dream Teams Framework. The framework came about from the study of game-changing teams in history and the psychology and neuroscience underlying their behavior. A team that makes breakthroughs has as one of its components cognitive friction. He makes the following points: One of the elements…
The Boyd Effect 