Dry Cleaners, Shower Curtains & Existential Moments

I got to the dry cleaner late the other day near closing time, and as I walked to the door with that sinking feeling, he showed up at the front door to the store with my really important shirt in his hand.  “Saw you coming,” he said, “thought you might need this tomorrow.”  Wow!

I have come to realize that as much and as often as we think that this thing or that thing is THE thing in life, the reality is somewhat different. THIS INSTANT, NOW

Limits on Creativity

“If I had more time, I’d have written you a shorter letter.” – Winston Churchill British Prime Minister, Author (1874 – 1965)

“Talk doesn’t cook rice.” – Proverb

Here’s a thought:  Without limits, creativity is merely uncontrolled daydreaming – imagine a car without brakes…

Life – we’re in it together, which imposes all kinds of structure: jobs, families, and the demand for outcomes.  All these responsibilities

What’s NOT Being Said

A young woman came to me for counsel.

She talked briefly and then sat silently in the chair.

I said nothing but watched the reactions she displayed.

Slowly she made eye contact with me.

“You understand, don’t you?”

I nodded.

She began to talk more.

The lesson here is… Listen for what’s NOT being said…

It’s in that silence that you will find the real

Genius & Taking Pains

Endless, Cheerful, Repeated Coaching

“Man, you gotta have your head in the game every second of every play. You doze for a second, and the other guys are all over you and that’s the down, the quarter, and the whole game. Too many games, and your career is done!”

—NFC Playoff Team Member

If a football team went a week without being intensely coached about the opposition, the plays and strategy for the game at hand, and the positions and roles of each opposition player on each squad, you wouldn’t be surprised