Inspiration for Innovation
Inspiration for Innovation
It wasn’t easy, but a few years ago, I accomplished something significant. I had to overcome a lot of self-doubt and internal obstacles before I could reach this specific goal. Luckily, a colleague of mine played a huge role in my success. He was an exceptional leader who inspired me to believe in endless possibilities.
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I’m sitting upright in my chair, looking through a window at a large Ficus tree. I sit for hours with little to no movement. My muscles are always fatigued because my back is broken. les are always fatigued because my back is broken. I don’t cry, for if I even breathe or exhale with emotion… Read more »
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Progress—it’s such an ironic concept. The thought of it excites the imagination in anticipation of positive change, while the effort of its pursuit and its demanding and unpredictable nature induces fatigue, uncertainty, and even fear.
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The summer I turned five, my mother signed the lease to the upstairs apartment of a house in Flatbush, Brooklyn. It was my seventh household in five years. She was a single mom whose stepmother had kicked her out of her home after her father died three years earlier.
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In 1999, I was wrapped in a deck winch on my commercial fishing boat. The accident immobilized me; the Coast Guard lifted me off my boat in Prince William Sound and I was medevakced to Anchorage, Alaska.
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Can a comfort zone actually be “bad”? It begs closer examination, especially if what feels good is simply an excuse to avoid what is challenging. Most of us want to work by feel—if it feels good it must be OK, right?
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Losing talent sucks. Unless you’re the general manager of a big-market baseball team, you can’t just pay someone 10 times what they made last year to keep them around. On top of that, employees have mobile 401(k)s, and at times can demonstrate patience and gratitude akin to a teething puppy.
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As a mother of two young boys, for me there’s no escaping today’s popular gaming culture. Whether it’s connecting with friends after school, or gaming at the community rec center while my older son is perfecting his jump shot, gaming has impacted the way my kids—and kids across the world—interact and socialize.
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ENTP—The Debater. This is my Myers-Briggs personality type. Debaters are driven to ask questions and play devil’s advocate. They are also contrarian by nature and must learn to develop empathy for others to advance professionally or, for that matter, maintain deep personal relationships.
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