tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69799429702785834782012-02-16T09:55:41.362-08:00A Day in the Life of a Gen Xer that left corporate America to live a greater visionkimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12531734736150087930noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979942970278583478.post-65994963363080724932009-06-02T14:56:00.000-07:002009-06-02T14:58:09.936-07:00

Huh? Ok, so I am nerdy enough to think this might be a good idea, but lazy enough to have sat on it for a while. Bear with me while I try and figure out the benefit to all of this. Your patience through this learning curve is much appreciated:)

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On Tuesday, May 19th, I will mark the anniversary of the monumental changes that have happened in my life. That was the day that I lost my job at Avaya. In the last year since that day, I have also experienced personal loss. In June (the day I received my papers), I put down my dog Dusty. In July, my beloved beagle, Frankie died. In October, my beautiful and loyal Doberman Diego passed quietly in

kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12531734736150087930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979942970278583478.post-81932645560919310792009-03-27T18:16:00.000-07:002009-03-27T18:27:51.692-07:00

I learned a lesson a very long time ago that one cannot "be" in the right place, unless they expose themselves, "find" the right time, unless they are maximizing it or "have" the right attitude, unless they are living it. I was very fortunate in my life to find some great mentors that saw what I was capable of, when I wasn't looking. Opportunities are everywhere, and they can be often missed.Todd

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I checked my mailbox yesterday and received a package from Grandma. She had sent some geneology information she had that took our family back to England in 1539. Looking through the papers, I discovered that my family has been in the US, way before it was the US! Page in hand, I went on ancestory.com and started to build the tree. I AM ADDICTED! I found out we don't have any German on my

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After a hiatus of sick/flu, one messed up gmail account (beware, it takes over EVERYTHING) and a hard drive crash, I am back just in time to toast a Guinness to a St. Patrick's Day 2009!!I've invited the resident expert, Kim Clavin, to join us for an interesting fact. There are over 35 million Americans of Irish decent living in the United States. Ireland has a total population of a little over

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Isn't it amazing that your kids own vomit doesn't make you sick? Well, that's true for me anyway. I was tested with this 3 weeks ago at 2 o'clock in the morning when my 4 year old boy came into my room crying and looking like the poisoned ghost girl from the Sixth Sense. I spent the next hour cleaning the carpet, the mattress pad, sheets, clothes, toilet etc..... When my husband came down with

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I am very interested in understanding Generational Leadership. That is a study of the different motivations, work habits and management styles between the Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y and the Milleniums. Specifically, I am intrigued by the unique problem of my own Gen X leadership in managing the exiting Baby Boomers while introducing the Milleniums into the workforce. Do any of you have thoughts

kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12531734736150087930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979942970278583478.post-13682501177030283352009-02-18T19:40:00.000-08:002009-02-18T20:31:05.468-08:00

I went to my bank today to do three things, open a new business checking account, deposit my pension check and look at the dimensions of my safety deposit box. I decided to take my daughter with me, so she could learn out this all works. First off, opening a simple business account requires lots of documentation, "because of the Patriot Act", I was told. Of course, I had none of it handy (

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I cannot get this picture out of my head. Call it being an optimist, or call it denial, I am often cheerful about the state of the world. I believe that things will get better and we will be prosperous in a whole new and better way. Still, at times when I am alone with my thoughts, this picture enters, clear, cold and utterly heartbreaking. It is the famous 1936 photo taken by Dorothea Lange of a

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I went horseback riding yesterday with my young 6 year old mare, Topper. She is really a nice horse, but young. She is in the teen age phase, so she likes to test. I have finally figured out that she is truly lazy and will back down, if I make it harder for her to "act out". Case in point, she would rather run over the top of me, than go over a pole on the ground. So I introduced Mr. Snappy Stick

kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12531734736150087930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6979942970278583478.post-57393711134828190402009-02-13T19:21:00.000-08:002009-02-13T19:38:08.072-08:00

One of my first mentors very early in my career opened a copy of 7-Habits of Highly Effective People to the chapter titled "Seek first to understand, then to be understood". This was a revolutionary concept for me and very intuitive on his part that I would be open to the criticizm and learning opporutnity. I think I have struggled ever since to practice this skills in a vague hope to actually

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When I was younger, I remember my Dad saying to me, "do as I say, not as I do". We would chuckle over that and I appreciated his ability to acknowledge hypocrisy. As a regional director, I would often encourage my reports to "get out there", "go network", "become personally engaged with your customers"! We all know this the right thing to do. It is easy, however, to become distracted by "fires" (

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Todd recently did a radio interview for Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton. For those that are in Pathwise cohorts, you will recognize the discussion of Suspension of Attention, Transferrences and Dialectic. I liked how Todd put things into a business discussion and used Barack Obama as a leadership example. Check it out at: http://www.totalpicture.com/content/blogcategory/106/191/ and

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After 5 hours on the computer today, I needed to get out. I wanted to capture the moment of riding in the woods through a road of floxgloves in full bloom with my two girls. I love my iPhone! This is suspending attention!

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If the political pundits want a definition for change, I can answer that question. At age 37, I was having a hard time functioning. I was raising 2 small children with my husband and holding down a politically charged job at a company I had grown with for 13 years. In my 20s, I was on the fast track. At age 37, I didn't know what I wanted, but, I did know what I didn't want. I remember

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