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Monthly Archives: June 2010
“Every day for 70 years” – Ray Bradbury on persistence, libraries and more
Ray Bradbury has written more than 500 published works – — short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts, and verse. Some of his most-beloved books are mine as well – Dandelion Wine, Farenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes are the first few that come to mind. Here Ray talks about persistence, [...]
Posted in Persistence Tagged Dandelion Wine, Farenheit 451, libraries, Martian Chronicles, Moulin Rouge, Persistence, Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury interview, Ray Bradbury libraries, Something Wicked This Way Comes Comments closed
Want to eat better? Here are seven suggestions…
…from a federal nutrition panel (specifically the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee). Physical well being is an important part of Quixote Consulting‘s training program Resiliency: Five Keys to Success. I like what this panel has to say – it’s going to change what the food pyramid looks like. In fact this is a sneak preview of [...]
Posted in Training Tagged corporate training, eat better, food pyramid, Quixote Consulting, Resiliency, resiliency training, Resiliency: Five Keys to Success Comments closed
Welcome to midsummer day – halfway point between…
sowing and harvest for farmers. June 24 this year marks this midway point in the growing season. All around the world there are festivals to commemorate this moment. Pause and think of the food you’ll eat today – and appreciate the long journey it took to get to you. And think of the crops out [...]
If It Was Your Home – What the Oil Would Cover
Every day the last few weeks I’ve looked at two websites daily to help me connect with purpose. The first is http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/. This map is amazing for bringing a clearer sense of just how big this oil disaster is. Put in your town and see what the oil spill would cover if you were the epicenter. It [...]
Welcome to the first day of summer!
Today is the Summer Solstice, the day the northern hemisphere is closest to the sun. This side of the earth has leaned in as close as its going to get and we are flooded with light – in southern New England that means more than fifteen hours of daylight! This vibrant time of the year [...]
Posted in Play Tagged fall Equinox, first day of summer, Grow, northern hemisphere, Play, sitting quietly doing nothing, summer, summer solstice Comments closed
Today’s the day to check on how your plants are doing
On March 21, the first day of spring, I wrote a post about planting seeds of possibility for the spring season. The deadline is helpful and the connection to the larger world around us is helpful because it brings the power of purpose to help with persistence. Nina Coil, Director of Product Development at Linkage [...]
Posted in Persistence, Purpose, Put It Together Tagged Grow, Linkage Inc, Nina Coil, Persistence, plants, Purpose, Rob Fletcher, Seed of Possibility, seeds Comments closed
Happy Anniversary ‘At Your Best’! The 100th blog post
“This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I’m celebrating today – this is the 100th post of At Your Best! I’m not saying this to toot my own horn (well maybe a little), but to [...]
Posted in Persistence Tagged At Your Best, freedom and life, Goethe, Persistence, savings account Comments closed
The Oil Spill and other disasters – Does what you do matter?