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Category Archives: Purpose
A Beauty Pause for Earth Day
Earth Day is Monday, April 22. I know I have a greater drive to care for something when I appreciate its value in my life – be it a person, animal, place, nature, idea, work of art, anything. So in honor of Earth Day this weekend I’m looking out for moments of natural beauty – [...]
Also posted in Team Building Comments closed
Welcome to the first day of spring!
“Under a southern wind the birds and fishes move north, in a single stream. The sharp stars swing around; I get a step beyond the wind, and there I am, I’m odd and full of love.” Theodore Roethke Happy first day of spring! Here’s a quix quiz for you: At the equator today the sun: [...]
Also posted in Persistence Comments closed
When’s the Right Time to Tap Your Sweet Spot of Engagement?
I recently wrote about making maple syrup here. There is a very specific time for tapping maple trees. It depends on the trees storing excess energy in the fall as starch and then resting for months until the warmth of the sun turns that starch into sugar – the tree’s ‘sweet spot’. Laura and I [...]
Also posted in Passion, Persistence, Play, Put It Together Comments closed
Charity Roller Coaster Charity Team Building helps children learn about science
Innovation rules in this exciting charity team building activity. Teams utilize all materials they can access to design and build the world’s most exciting roller coaster. After the charity team building exercise, a curriculum and roller coaster building kit is donated to a local school. Each team’s collaborative team building efforts helps children in their [...]
How can each day be Valentine’s Day?
“Each day is Valentine’s Day” – Rodgers and Hart, My Funny Valentine Keith Doell, owner-operator of First Source Contracting and a regular blog reader, responded to a recent blog post by telling me this story about his daughter: “Nico is 4 years and is currently in the habit of saying, “I love you” for no particular [...]
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What’s the Best Kind of Gift?
Here’s a question for you: Which is a stronger happiness elevator – spontaneous or planned philanthropy? Let me give you two hints in the form of stories. In a recent blog post I told of how almost every morning after eating, our cat Puffer climbs onto my lap, settles in and falls asleep. It’s a [...]
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Being Moved Forward vs. Being Moved Around
Let’s continue with the analogy of the captain (moving forward) and the galley slave (being moved around) from the previous post. There’s a third distinction that is helpful to make. The captain doesn’t actually move the boat forward. The captain just aims the boat. When sails are up, the wind is actually moving the boat [...]
Also posted in Happiness, Positive Psychology Tagged being moved around, being moved forward, moving forward, Wordsworth, Wordsworth quote Comments closed
Today the daylight grows!
Here in western MA, we’ve had the same amount of daylight from December 17 to December 26 – 9 hours and 3 minutes from sunrise to sunset. Not much! Even though we herald the winter solstice as the longest night and the next day we anticipate the slow return of the sun, the earth actually [...]
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