It was a glorious spring day in Toronto. Just 1 week before, there had been a surprise storm that deposited 3 to 4 inches of crusty snow over the city. We all wondered if spring “didn’t get the memo.”
“Is this Ms. Margrett Oran?” the caller asked, with an accent that I placed somewhere in Southeast Asia.
“Yes it is”
“Thank you for taking my call ma’am.”
Uh oh, I thought, I have been caught by a telemarketer.
He identified my bank and added: “I am calling about your business account.”
“Do you want to change up the group on Day 2?” Ulla, a treasured member of my team, asked. “Yes. I think that would be good” I replied. “Always great to shift the energy and have people working in new groups. After all, that’s what they do all the time back at work.”
How smart is your business? This is one of the questions that came to mind from attending the Grace Kennedy Foundation Lecture 2018 by Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee on March 7.
Have you ever walked through a beautiful garden, where the plants and all within it are flourishing? How did you feel? Perhaps a sense of peace, order, tranquility? Joy, perhaps even bliss?
February 6 this year would have been Bob Marley’s 73rd birthday. As a teenager, I remember seeing him tooling around Kingston in his BMW, which he declared stood for “Bob Marley and the Wailers.”
My phone rang. It was Judi, my business coach. She had emailed earlier to request a call to discuss a workshop later in the month. I responded that I had a 4.00 p.m. call with a client and would email her when it was done. I did so at 4.25 p.m. but hadn’t heard back from her and so did not expect her call.
In my last blog, I asked you to look for the silver linings in the negative experiences of 2017. I am sharing messages from two of my clients that reinforce how silver linings always appear.
I love this time of year, less so for the Christmas flurry of partying, gift giving, celebration and yummy food, and more because it’s a time for me to reflect on the year that is about to end and to approach the new year with a sense of hope and new beginnings.
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves; let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can’t say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.
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