In my backyard I have two trees that are young and still seeking to take strong hold in the desert.
At the bottom of the tree were little saplings that looked very healthy. They were present early in the springtime as little buds and by the time I did anything about them it was nearly a whole tree by itself at the root of the trunk.
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I have written a few times about what I am learning from an accident my son experienced and this week I learned something new from the physical therapist.
My son’s toe requires stretching to have it lay flat like the rest of the toes. The physical therapist showed us the few stretches we need to be doing and then said:
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For as long as I can remember, I have been directionally challenged. I grew up in Washington state where the roads curve, the trees are tall, and major landmarks to help with orientation are difficult to come by. Navigation anywhere for me (even to this day) can be incredibly difficult without the aid of Google Maps.
This does not mean I have not been getting better. Since my wife and I have been married (nearly 12 years) we have lived in eight different cities. The pattern is always the same for me. I do not know how to get anywhere; I rely 100% on Google Maps to get me to my destination. Over time I start to build a map in my head. My pattern has been that after about 6-8 months in a single place I have a few maps built in my head. Once I get to a certain place where my map starts, I can figure out where I am, but my mental maps do not always connect. Common locations are mapped out first, the kids’ school, grocery store, and church. Then less common areas start to populate and grow the maps.
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Recently I had the sad and beautiful privilege of attending a funeral for a little baby boy that lived for eight days.
I cannot even begin to fathom the depth of pain and sorrow that would be associated with losing a child.
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On a recent star tour in Bryce Canyon, I had the opportunity to look through several high-powered telescopes.
Some of these telescopes were almost as big as I am, and all required a step ladder to get to the eye piece and see the object it was directed at in space.
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Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, Google, and many others make their money by providing content that is personalized on their platform.
When you log into Amazon.com the entire canvas is tailored to your shopping and search history. It is all very personalized to every individual.
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For years, my wife and I had on our list of things to do a star gazing tour at Bryce Canyon National Park. It is advertised as one of the darkest places on the planet.
This summer we were finally able to do it and I had an insight related to a post I wrote a while back on light pollution.
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My friend shared with me a habit that I believe has been the primary contributor to her success in business, today she is responsible for large business at Microsoft.
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Recently I attended a Summit where all the individuals in our organization got together (many of us in-person) to connect and learn.
An observation I had while talking to several different colleagues is that there is an almost natural or default behavior to return to the way things used to be before COVID. What was “muscle memory” is coming back to all of us as we come back to the office. The challenge that this presents is that our default behavior completely disregards everything we have learned from our COVID experience.
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There are few companies on earth that can say the following and have it actually be real. Microsoft is one of these companies.
(more…)We are not charter constrained, we are leadership constrained.
I teach and invite people to act. Proud husband, father and amateur pizzaiolo