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Oh no – another Friday the 13th

April 12, 2012 in Personal Development, Workplace Humor with 15 Comments

Last year there was only one Friday the 13th.  And that’s officially Blame Someone Else Day – the first Friday the 13th of each year.  On the first Friday the 13th of this year – January 13th – I had an emergency appendectomy and really couldn’t pin it on anyone else.

This year is a little tougher. Every year has at least one Friday the 13th.  And never more than three.  Guess how many there are in 2012 – yep, three.

The next one is this Friday, April 13th.   And if you are a Paraskevidekatriaphobic, you may not even want to get out of bed tomorrow.  Yes, this is the official term to describe those people afflicted with a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th. Whatever you do, don’t walk under a ladder, and don’t let a black cat cross your path on this day.  Maybe I’ll have another body part removed just to keep up my pattern for the year.  Read more »

Just take me back to prison

April 9, 2012 in Finding Passion, Personal Development with 7 Comments

The comfort of familiarity may be keeping you from new and brighter opportunities.

Yesterday morning Joanne and I saw two peacocks wandering around my office.  Knowing my neighbor had a couple such creatures I called him to see if they were missing.  He and his wife came over immediately and we all spent most of an hour chasing them – tearing up legs and arms in the process of pushing through brush with little to show for our efforts.  Last night he texted me that both peacocks had jumped the fence to get back in their pen and were eating and resting comfortably.

Charles Dickens wrote about a man who had been in prison for many years.  Obviously this man longed for freedom from his dungeon of despair and hopelessness.  Finally, the day of his liberation arrived.  He was led from his gloomy cell into the bright and beautiful and free world.  He momentarily gazed into the sunlight, then turned and walked back to his cell.  He had become so comfortable with confinement that the thought of freedom was overwhelming.  For him, the chains and darkness were a predictable security.  Read more »

Should I just be happy as a “thousandaire?”

April 2, 2012 in Personal Development with 23 Comments

Here’s a question for this week’s 48 Days Podcast:

Do I need to take time off from trying to improve my situation and just learn to be happy with what I have? I am 34 and have a good job that pays well.  But it seems that I am always unhappy with my situation. I have read or listened to every self-help book out there and I have wanted a change for years and do nothing about it. Essentially I am a “thousandaire” that desperately wants to be a ‘millionaire’ but just seems lost in how to do that… am I causing myself unnecessary stress? Should I just focus on being happy with what I have for a year and relax??

Wow – I love the way you frame your question.  Should you be “happy?”  Yes.  Does that mean you do nothing to move forward – No.  Read more »

Has Someone Stolen Your Dream?

March 29, 2012 in No More Mondays, Personal Development with 8 Comments

This is a guest post by Adam Rico, a corporate recruiter from Folsom, CA.  Adam also provides career coaching coaching services to people who want to do work they enjoy.  More information can be found at WorkYouEnjoy.  You can also follow Adam onTwitter: @adampaulrico.  If you’d like to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.

The scream from the other room came right before the sun came up. It was my three year old daughter.

As I ran in to the room expecting to see her sprawled on the floor writhing in pain she looked up at me and said, “Someone stole my dream!”

Now as tragic as you might imagine that is for a three year old it caused me to think about how this happens to us as adults.  Read more »

That dog won’t hunt

March 26, 2012 in Personal Development, Workplace Humor with 25 Comments

Here we are at the end of March already.  I was talking with a friend the other day about an old farmer’s adage we used to anticipate in March regarding the weather:  “In like a lamb, out like a lion.”  Or “In like a lion, out like a lamb.”  The expectation was that if we had harsh winter weather at the beginning of March we would have mild weather at the end – and vice versa.  I have no idea why that is expected but it reminds me of all the little clichés that we accept as
reality.  As farmers we also used to cite, “Red in the morning, sailors warning; red at night, sailors delight.”  Read more »

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