If I requested that you provide a definition for the term “remix,” what explanation would your mind evoke? For most of us, our immediate response would be musically focused. In her book, The Remix, Pollak states, “In music, of course, a remix is a song, usually a well-known classic, that has been changed from its …
Category: Flourishing
Are Bookworms Real?
Recognizing that I am weirdly curious about random facts, I made the choice recently to research the origins of the term bookworm. As I alluded to in the post What Are You Reading, I have always been an avid reader and treasure memories of visits to the library whether it was to discover a favorite …
Larks, Owls, and Third Birds
How many times have you spoken the phrase, “What perfect timing?” What an interesting phenomenon timing can be. Addressing other aspects of time in posts such as Chronos vs. Kairos, today I want to ask readers to consider time in the chronological sense, specifically in determining what your personal chronotype is and why delving into …
First Day Experience
By chance do you happen to remember your very first day on the job of the organization where you are now employed? Or perhaps where you worked the longest in your career? If researchers like Daniel Pink are correct and “that timing is really a science—an emerging body of multifaceted, multidisciplinary research that offers fresh …
Peaks, Pits, and Transitions
If you were asked today to name an experience in your life that you would define as a peak moment, what occurrence would you share? Let’s consider the opposite end of the spectrum and name a moment you would describe as being in a pit. Lastly, take a second to recall a time where you …
Moment of Impact
Where do you store your memories? Are they only located in the deep recesses of your mind or is there a location in your home where trinkets, ticket stubs, and photographs are carefully stored in a personal treasure chest? What criteria did you use to keep only those specific items when you probably had a …
Defining Moments
Initiating a pilgrimage into what constitutes a flourishing life in efforts to engage and equip emerging generations, I am continually astonished at the various paths this journey is taking. Looking back over the past year of researching Gen Z, identifying the role of mentoring and the importance of creating relational equity, I never dreamed that …
Continuous Partial Attention
Heeding the advice of authors Koulopoulos and Keldsen in The Gen Z Effect, I am making an intentional choice to be a part of Gen Z although I was not born into it. If we are to bridge the generational gaps in the modern, multigenerational organizational culture, some effort from all members will need to …
What's Your Word?
For readers who may not presently be engaged on any social media sites, you may be unfamiliar with the trending pop-up advertisements inquiring, “What’s Your Word?” The basic premise is that a customer can purchase a bracelet, necklace, key chain or other novelty where a special word is engraved onto a metal ring, then the …
Abracadabra!
“Watching a skilled magician at work is an exercise in awe. Try as we might to see through the sleight-of-hand and illusions taking place before our very eyes, we come away amused, amazed, and astonished…It makes us smile. It makes us shake our heads. It makes us wonder. And it leaves us with a feeling …
Flourishing @ Life 