Embrace the Chaos

I found this interesting interactive New York Times poll, on the outlook people have about jobs, the economy, next generation’s future, and people’s spending plans for next year.  I know I’m torturing myself by reading these things but I came upon it and found something remarkable and wanted to share. The interactive poll is a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

She greeted me with the same positive, glowing smile she always does but had an inquisitive look on her face today.  “Hey Bob!!!  What are you doing home during the week?  Did your house get flooded with the hurricane?  All ok?”, Elma asked as I walked into her dry cleaning store today to drop off [...]

Sundays used to be more relaxing.  Not these days.  Turn on the TV, read a newspaper or listen to the radio, it seems that everywhere you turn, all you hear about is the economic problems we face as a country.  I’m getting so tired of all the negativity and pessimism.  From the debt ceiling debate [...]