Personal Blog
Reflections on all things fruitful, fortuitous, and abundant.
Collected Articles: Published in Fast Company
For Tracy’s articles in Fast Company, see below. Or for Tracy’s articles in Forbes or to follow Tracy on Forbes, click here. ~~~ Tracy’s Fast Company articles are listed here for reference, since they don’t all appear the Fast Company site using the search function. Links below will take you to the articles. A Haters’ Guide to […]
Forks in the Road: Quantum Physics, the Multiverse, and the Value of Choosing
There are so many choices we make every day, and most of them are tiny and inconsequential. All of our choices drive to bigger things, but it’s a small handful for which we really know we’re making a life-path selection. Things like what job we take, where we choose to live, and whom we choose […]
When the Past is the Future: Freedom to Soar
Our daughter graduated from college and has struck out on her own–to a new city in a new state with a new job and a whole new community of friends and colleagues to build. And as much as we are thrilled for her beginnings, we will never let her go–in a good way. She is […]
Words are Inadequate, But Silence is Insufficient
#BlackLivesMatter I don’t have the words and anything I write will be inadequate. I’ve heard the advice to be silent so black voices are not drowned out, and I respect this guidance. I’ve also heard the requirement to advocate and to avoid being unintentionally complicit through silence, and I appreciate this recommendation. Surely it is […]
An Open Letter to Our Son as You Turn 18
So you’re turning 18 (a very big deal!) and I’m wondering where the time has gone. I can still hear you as a little boy announcing your birth date: “Feb-uary sev-en.” Your voice is deeper now and I must crane my neck to look you in the eye. The world invites you—welcomes you—as you begin […]
Life Goes On
We said goodbye to our precious shih tzu Lily today. It’s mild and sunny—a perfect Michigan spring offering. Dylan has a soccer game and Alexa is packing up to come home from college. Somehow it doesn’t seem right that life goes on with this hole in our lives that Lily has left. We are heartbroken. […]
Measuring the Agile Workplace: Why Our New Space Won’t Have a Ribbon Cutting
This post appeared on the Steelcase 360 Blog May 2, 2019. PDF Version: Measuring the Agile Workplace – Steelcase
The Terrible Joy of Parenthood: Giving Everything for Our Children (and How This Fills Us Up)
“You’re only as happy as your most unhappy child.” Before children, I used to feel sorry for the parents who lived through their children—those for whom happiness was caught up in that of their kids. Of course this only lasted until I became a parent myself 21 and 17 years ago. It is true that […]
Happiness at Work: Lessons from Home
This post appeared on the Steelcase 360 Blog September, 2108. PDF Version: Drawing Elements of Home to Create Happiness at Work – Steelcase
The Joy of Goodbye: How to Get Just a Little More Time
On Sunday, we say goodbye to our daughter as she goes back for her junior year at college. We should be used to this by now. We’ve done it twice before, but it’s still not easy – for any of us. After all, she’s a whole airplane ride away (and not even a direct flight). […]