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Jeanne Gladden
Make This Year Your Best Year
January 7, 2013
What will it take to make this year our best year? That is the question we ask ourselves as we plot our course for the coming year. This is the question we have used to kick off every new year for the past several years. Read more »
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December 31, 2012
I love a new year, a fresh start, another chance to become a better me. Got to love continuous improvement. Several of my most life changing resolutions have occurred at the beginning of a new year. And then there have been years when my best ... Read more »
Coaching
Still Here
December 24, 2012
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly." — Richard BachWell, it ain't over yet. I get the feeling some are disappointed. Living like there is no tomorrow may have just caught up with them. I admit to ... Read more »
Don't Pass the Buck, Please
December 17, 2012
This week's coaching column is dedicated to the children, teachers, and families of Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School.Another week, another mass murder. We all feel it this time. It's impossible to pretend these unthinkable acts are not happening in our Country. We realize it ... Read more »
Being the Change
December 10, 2012
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." —Mahatma GandhiWe are officially 15 days from Christmas morning. The clock is ticking. No pressure, of course, as we check items off our list and add new things in their place. Thank goodness for ... Read more »
None of My Business
December 3, 2012
A while back, I gave up worrying about what others thought of me. I can't remember just when it was, but I do remember that it was pretty darned liberating. I likely made this decision back when I was a Human Resources Manager. Many of ... Read more »
Thanksgiving Resolution
November 26, 2012
"Loss as muse. Loss as character. Loss as life." Anna QuindlenAs Thanksgiving leftovers were finally packaged and stored and the last load of dishes was cycling, we treated ourselves to a little quiet time. Reflecting on how much we enjoyed hosting our family and ... Read more »
We Gather Together
November 19, 2012
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. —Jane HowardThe father of my dear high-school friend passed on Friday. I called him Dad too. That's how ... Read more »
“History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is evil, there is betrayal. That’s why people should read Shakespeare and Dickens as well as history — they will find the best, the worst, the height of noble attainment and the depths of depravity.”
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American author, narrator, historian, & lecturer
