It’s so funny how quickly our minds become impatient with routine tasks. Life moves so fast, we feel like we don’t have time for the small but important things we need to do to make sure things are maintained so they run efficiently. Instead, we want instant gratification. We want to skip straight to the reward without putting…
I went to see the movie Hidden Figures this weekend. It was a wonderfully told story of three brilliant black women fighting against racism and sexism in the workplace. The tragedy of the story is that they had to fight for the opportunity to contribute their unique and considerable skill sets to a program that truly…
The entire last four months have felt like “one of those days” at work. It seems like my team can’t catch a break. This week seemed more brutal than usual. Friday, I left work feeling like I had been beat up. I was physically and mentally exhausted and ready for a nice, relaxing weekend. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen…
Balance is a beautiful thing. Unlike symmetry which requires sameness, balance allows for differences to offset each other. One of my favorite examples of asymmetrical balance is in the creation story in Genesis chapters 1 and 2 of the Bible. God worked six days to create the world and rested the seventh day. This…