by Beth FItzgerald | May 13, 2019 | Beliefs, Motivational Monday, Uncategorized
There are a number of things that are believed to be signs of bad luck according to superstition like black cats, walking under a ladder, and Friday the 13th. Actually, anything to do with the number 13 seems to elicit fear. Triskaidekaphobia is the name for this...
by Beth FItzgerald | Apr 22, 2019 | Inspirational, Motivational Monday
Mike Kami was a strategic planning consultant who worked for the likes of IBM, Xerox, and Coca-Cola. While devising a strategic plan for Coke, he asked their core leadership “What’s in the box?” Essentially, what he was asking was “What is your...
by Beth FItzgerald | Apr 15, 2019 | Motivational Monday
ow do you get better? How do you become the best? Maybe the answer is—hire a coach. Below is a great Ted Talk from Atul Gawande, an American surgeon, public health researcher, author, and writer for The New Yorker. Atul Gawande is brutally honest in this Ted...
by Beth FItzgerald | Apr 8, 2019 | Motivational Monday, Stress
Saturday I was at my son’s Trinity College lacrosse game. At a critical moment late in the game with a 2-point lead, the coach called a time out. It was a much-needed break in the action for both players and fans alike. The game was a complete...
by Beth FItzgerald | Apr 1, 2019 | Hope, Motivational Monday
In the 1950′s, a scientist named Curt Richter did a series of experiments that involved rats. He dropped them in water to see how long they would swim to survive. Initially, the rats died rather quickly—within minutes. Then he altered the experiment, he rescued the...
by Beth FItzgerald | Mar 11, 2019 | Guilt, Integrity, Motivational Monday
Is it possible to actually feel physically weighed down by guilt—even if it is guilt by association? On Friday, TheWallStreetJournal reported that Hildene Capital Management’s hedge fund manager Brett Jefferson expelled the Sackler family money from...
