Embrace the Chaos

I had a revelation the other day.  Ok, maybe it was the Nyquil/Flu derived drible in the middle of the night. The root of so much of our stress lies in our attempt to have CONTROL over the uncontrollable! It started with a simple question posed by my 4 year old daughter:  ”Why can’t I [...]

I was stressed and burned out always worrying about the future.  With all the chaos at work, I just couldn’t figure out how to deal with uncertainty of an increasingly complex career path.  I had a family that depended on me and a mortgage. All the stress and anxiety due to uncertainty affected my life [...]

I used to be one of those people who was in awe of the choices we have all around us.  “Give me more information”, I used to say.  From my career to my life at home, I used to utilize information – lots of it – to make any decision, small or big.  I needed [...]

I’m in New Delhi, India this week on a short work trip.  I’ve been here several times but I always end up learning something new about how people live and work in this country of 1.2 billion people.  Yup, 1.2 BILLION.  It’s crazy…so many people, everywhere! [tidbit:  India is about a third of the size [...]

“Now, he has got the life!”, a friend said to me the other day referring to a common friend we share on Facebook.  This common friend is always on Facebook putting up photos of himself in beautiful places with beautiful people doing fun things.  One day you see pictures of him having a glass of [...]