Work

We all want to live lives filled with joy and satisfaction, to be fulfilled and go from triumph to triumph. We recognize that challenges teach us important lessons. We recognize we will be able to look back on these struggles with gratitude. What we really want to is to have already learned the lessons and […]

I grew up knowing that I could change the world, that one person could make a difference. It was a time of tremendous potential. I believed people who told me that we were making progress, we were solving problems, the future would be better. The key was understanding and using the right instruments of change

I have been working toward justice for as long as I can remember. I was raised with a clear, strong understanding that justice was about right and wrong. One side was right, the other was wrong. The argument was about proving which was which. I believed in criminal justice, that people who did bad things should

Why do we enjoy playing more than working? Working is about deferred gratification. Work pays us dividends for investing effort over time.  We put in the work, we practice, we develop skills. We become better and stronger at working. We meet our goals. We learn how to work well. We build good working habits. Working gives us experiences of

We are organized people. We appreciate it when life runs smoothly, efficiently, and regularly; like clock work. We take comfort from our ability to foresee challenges and plan our way around them. We enjoy feeling that we have taken everything into consideration, that we are doing a good job. Few things frustrate me more than

It begins before I lift my head from the pillow each morning. There are so many things that need to be done. There are the personal things, like shaving and taking a shower. There is breakfast, which leads inevitably to speculating about lunch. There are work things; I need to call her, email them, and

I have loved puzzles for longer than I can remember. When I was very young, people told me I would soon have a new playmate. My parents were going to bring a baby sister home from the hospital. On the great day, I put all of my puzzles on display, ready to share. When they brought

Summer is the time of year when things grow. Living here in the land of endless summer can confuse people. They begin to think that fruit and vegetables come from a store. It is easy to forget that we plant seeds, tend them, and wait patiently for them to produce growth. We may also forget that we work

There are days when I love to catch a strong breeze and go skimming across the surface of work. Sunny and warm, work is smooth sailing. Ideas arrive exactly when I need them and people take what I say to heart. My sail is set well, the tiller rests easily in my hand. Work is

There are days when it feels like it is just too much work to catch up. There are new things to learn, and learn how to use, that are going to make my life amazingly better. There are new deadlines to meet, new challenges to face, new obstacles to overcome. There are new apps I am not using,