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Purrrfect Lessons for the Workplace!

On Easter Morning, I awoke to a surprise. A stray cat that lives in the neighborhood gave birth to seven tiny kittens on my back porch. As I have said in earlier blog posts, winter in New England can be long, cold, and full of snow. This past winter was not any exception. By the time the spring came, the snow remained. It was also long to the animals and I am not sure they knew how to handle a winter that would just not give up and where to go when the ground was nowhere to be seen. As a result, I was privy to watching the early days of cat motherhood daily and realized that humans can learn so much from our furry friends that we can apply to the workplace.   Teamwork makes the dream work ! Clichés are cheesy, but raising kittens seems to take a team.   After the discovery of a mother cat nursing little ones, another female cat arrived to provide support and respite when the mother needed to find food or on the cold New England days and nights when extra warmth was neede...

Dreams: The Stuff that Goals are Made of

“All our dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.” Walt Disney   When was the last time you had a dream? Not the kind we have when we go to sleep, but the kind we have when our mind awakens and listens to the inner desires of our soul. Does this sound deep to you? It is and it is not. It is actually step one in determining the next step in your personal and professional life. Young children are encouraged to dream. They envision what they want to be when they grow up. Games like dress up and pretending to be a doctor, teacher, or ballerina all cater to imagination. Imagination is the thing that brings the dream alive. Somewhere along the line, we grow up, become adults, and the imagination stops. The dream goes from what is possible to what is practical. We encourage our children as they age to stop imagining and to start thinking about what is real.   Then something happens in our life. Maybe it is a life changing event, like a job loss or perso...