Monthly Archives: March 2011

Office Yoga: Help Your Posture Now!

Every month in the Quixote Quest newsletter, I share some yoga poses from the Office Yoga program.  They are quick, easy, and you can do them… well, right in your office.  This past month, after receiving the newsletter, Sophie Herbert wrote to me and shared some yoga tips of her own.  Sophie is a yoga [...]
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Is the Noose Tightening or Loosening?

The Noose is Tightening There is a tightening I’m noticing these days. The economy is tightening. Job markets are tightening. People’s time is tightening – there never seems to be enough. Money’s getting tighter, from personal finances to salaries for government workers to teachers, there’s a great deal of movement to give out less (unless [...]
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Teflon Chef Recipe: Chicken and Parsnip Soup

Teams are cooking up some great dishes in Quixote Consulting’s Iron Chef inspired team building activity – the Teflon Chef culinary team building event. Culinary warfare is waged in Kitchen Stadium as groups create amazing dishes in this deliciously fun team building event! To bring the Teflon Chef fun home, multi-talented Quixote consultant Laura Herbert [...]
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“I Just Feel That Every Day is a Gift” – Pam Czerwinski and Hess, Together for 35 Years (A Quixote Consulting Quest Story)

“I have known Pam since 1974. She has always had a soft spot in her heart for her co-workers, but mostly for OLDER relationship based co-workers like me !!! She is a true friend.”  -Bob Redfern “Pam is a person who speaks and does things from the heart.  She is truly a beautiful person.”  -Jan Plumaker Pam [...]
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Equal Day and Night, Darkness and Light…All Year Long

“Joy and woe are woven fine, a clothing for the soul divine.” – William Blake Something special happens twice every year – a day of equal length as the night – 12 hours each. This usually happens within a few days of Spring Equinox (usually March 20 or 21) or Autumn Equinox (September 20 or [...]
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The restless earth – how Japan’s earthquake brought us closer…literally (Part Two)

There are huge concepts to try to internalize – both what happens under our feet to cause earthquakes and how an earthquake in Japan can cause water to slam into Chile. But every befuddling attempt opens us up to a larger view of life than the one we had just moments ago. It allows for [...]
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The restless earth – how Japan’s earthquake brought us closer…literally (Part One)

When we walk on the ground it feels stable under our feet. When I look around me, I see many trees that have been there for much longer than I’ve been alive. Yet, they are barely infants compared to the rocks and the earth. The dirt we walk on every day has been in that [...]
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Seven Steps to Create A Deep Space To-Do List

Put all the things you need to do, want to do, should’ve been doing lately but haven’t on a To Do List. Don’t miss anything. Read through your To Do List. Take in the full weight and importance of everything on there on its own and in sum. Do you feel any tightening, any constriction? [...]
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Can You Outcook the Teflon Chef? – An Iron Chef Cooking Team Building and Culinary Team Building Activity

Prepare for Teflon Chef culinary team building warfare in Kitchen Stadium as groups create amazing dishes in this deliciously fun Iron Chef cooking team building activity! Get ready for the food to start flying as your Teflon Chef teams face off against each other in a frenetic culinary battle of champions. The Teflon Chef culinary [...]
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Phoropter Fun – Switching the Lens on Your Personal Optical Refractor

If you’ve ever had your eyes checked at an optometrist, you probably spent some time with your face pressed up against a phoropter. A phoropter is an optical refractor that helps determine what eyeglass prescription is best for you to see clearly. The optometrist switches lenses as you look at an eye chart, and asks [...]
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