Judith, my wife, recently showed me a two-paneled cartoon. The first scene features a ferocious T. rex dinosaur attacking a village with the caption “Mom doing Christmas Preparations.” The next panel shows an enthusiastic, loving, and welcoming Barney-like dinosaur with the heading “Mom when the guests arrive.” We chuckled in recognition. Our December “home” used […]
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Reflecting on Your 2022
Does life really begin at 40? Think about it. You’re closer to retirement. Your kids are young adults. You’re looking over your life and reflecting on your accomplishments. You delightfully realize you’re living goals you may have set 1, 3, 5, or 10 years ago. Each year and stage of life brings bring different challenges […]
Respecting the Needs of Others
Today is Giving Tuesday, a day for not-for-profit organizations to focus their fundraising campaigns. If you’re like me, you get a barrage of requests. All have great needs as they share their accompanying strategic stories for how they’re making a difference. How do you decide where to invest your charitable contribution? Give on-purpose. Let’s say […]
Respecting All You Meet
I learned about “respecting all you meet” from my Dad. Social standing, financial wealth, title, race, ethnicity, or whatever didn’t matter to him. He was friendly to all he met, and he met many. His perspective was grounded on basic human rights and dignity. Born in 1924 and growing up poor in the aftermath the […]
Respecting Your 2-Word Purpose Profession
What does it mean to have a profession? Typically, one thinks of it as their work or occupation. Being paid to do a job. That, however, doesn’t make one a professional. It just means a person is showing up at work to trade their time for money. For example, when the neighborhood kid asks to cut […]
On-Purpose Post: Respecting Tradition
Obstacles keep us from being on-purpose. Traditions are touchstones to remind us what’s vital to our well-being. Respect them and you respect yourself. Did you participate in the Halloween festivities last evening with little goblins, ghouls, and assorted super heroes knocking on your door for treats? Or, did you risk tricks and not participate? Perhaps you […]