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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: How to Find Happiness
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and indeed, images can be very inspiring. When he was less than 10 years old, Craig Donaldson saw an image that has stuck with him for more than 20 years. It was a black and white cartoon – a small army of men in grey business suits […]
No One Can be You as Well as You: The Virtuous Life
As a college professor of business, a consultant, and an industrial-organizational psychologist, Dr. Brian Cawley finds fulfillment in working with undergraduates. He believes that discovering what makes each of us unique and building strong character are keys to effective leadership – and in fact keys to making a positive impact on the people and situations […]
Flight Path: How to Live Your Calling
Gary Keil has made some huge life changes and if anyone has a perspective on taking risks in work-life with great results, it’s Gary. Currently, Gary is a Health Ambassador for LifeDojo and runs the Beautiful Mind Strong Body Center in Philadelphia. “If we’re not living our calling,” says Gary, “we’re in the wrong job.” […]
Play Ball! What Softball Has to Teach Us About Work-Life
Amy Sink is the CEO of Interra Credit Union and at the top of her game. She loves sports and it’s a good thing. As a wife and mother of two teenagers, she’s been attending sporting events as a ‘soccer mom’ for many, many years. When Amy writes her book (each chapter will be […]
Joy Wanted: Why Tuning In Requires Turning Off
As a professor of management at Hope College, Tom Smith regularly hears college students say they want to seek joy through the vocation they will later choose. They want to find happiness in their work. They are looking for a career that will bring them fulfillment. But Tom says they have it wrong. It’s less […]
Mommy, Leadership is a Process, Isn’t It?
Some parenting gurus suggest playing foreign language recordings for children so their brains will be wired to learn new languages more readily. Kris Downing* played leadership books on tape for her toddler son. She wasn’t doing it for brain development though. Instead, for Kris, it was all about integrating work and life. And she’s succeeded […]
First Among Equals: Primus Inter Pares
Andrew McClain* is creating his own work-life fulfillment and as the VP of HR for one of the largest companies in the world, he’s also creating it for others. What makes Andrews’s story unique is all that he’s learned from living and working in lots of places – and how he leads as a result. […]
Work When it Works: The Wisdom of Working on Vacation
How does Cynthia Kay* define work-life integration? She doesn’t. As the founder and owner of Cynthia Kay & Co and the author of Small Business for Big Thinkers, she says work and life are all connected and there’s no separation. As a small business owner for 28 years in a highly technical field, she reinvents […]
The Problem with Work-Life Balance: Tips for Planting Trees
Special thanks to gothamCulture for the opportunity to write this guest blog which appeared on March 3, 2015. We talk a lot about balance. Work-life balance, balancing our time, balancing our commitments, and balancing our priorities. But what if we have it all wrong, and the paradigm of balance has actually been getting in our […]
A Thousand Miles from Yellowstone to San Francisco: The Portability of Meaning
Yellowstone* and San Francisco are worlds apart (1,032 miles, to be exact), but Tom Porter** is closing the distance. His journey started when he was 20 and working as a housekeeper at Yellowstone’s Old Faithful Inn. While he won’t comment on whether or not the Inn is actually haunted (“it depends on which story you […]