Archive for September, 2011

Tough Talk Tuesday

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Once in a while you’ve got to kick yourself to get motivated in these times full of uncertainty, unpredictability, complexity and chaos. So this is my personal tough talk to myself as I left the house this Tuesday morning as I made my hour plus commute to the city. Hey Bob, Today’s the day to [...]

Right Here, Right Now

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

I went to bed about 11pm the other night and couldn’t sleep.  11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30!…I kept looking at the clock and given that my alarm clock was set for the usual 5:45am, I was getting more anxious as time went on.  “Come on Bob – get to sleep.  Come on you can do it”, [...]

Matching Pajamas Are Not Important

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Over the last 12 months, Harry and Hanna have gone through plenty of turbulence, uncertainty and chaos at work.  My wife and I hadn’t seen them in a while since Harry moved away for his job so sitting down to pizza on a recent Friday night was a treat for us. Uncertainty, unpredictability and chaos [...]

George is Not a Commodity

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Over a catch-up dinner last week, a friend confided something I did not expect to come out of his mouth.  An executive with a big firm he said, “I’m starting to feel like a commodity.” Are we all becoming a commodity?  Are we so easily replaceable?  Is this what the chaos, uncertainty, unpredictability and complexity [...]

No News is Good News

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

About a month ago, I noticed an odd thing on my driveway when I went to pick up my morning issue of the Wall Street Journal.  No paper. I thought it was a mistake but as the days went on and I didn’t see a paper, I realized that I had never renewed the subscription.  [...]