Often life can take that unexpected twist in the road, you can fall short of your expectations, or something as simple, but intrusive, as catching a cold can interrupt your plans.  It seems these things happen just when you have a project due or a big event to attend.

In my case, my recent cold prevented me from attending a 60th bash for the only sister-in-law on my husband’s side of the family, and it was a somewhat formal affair we’d been looking forward to.  I had to stay home from the out of town event and despite just wanting to crash, I spent a good part of the first morning  cancelling and rescheduling appointments, just to allow me the downtime to get well.

In the past, I’d have fought being laid low and would try to squeeze in as much as I could anyway.   However, I’ve been learning from my past blunders in doing this it only prolongs my sick time and I knew that bouncing back more quickly meant surrender and acceptance of how things were now. (more…)

I recently read in the LA Times that thirty-three years after being classified as an endangered species, the El Segundo blue butterfly, long since having left its disrupted habitat, is now back.  It’s population is growing, despite noise and pollution, in the sandy dunes next to the Los Angeles airport.  Perhaps it learned something about

Interruptions and Adaptability—

I was recently considered for coaching work in a consulting firm. The firm’s clients were all attorneys and I had some early experience working for and later coaching attorneys.  After a a new Nordstrom suit purchased for my interview, a preliminary interview, and three weeks of deliberation, the firm decided to consider two attorney candidates who also coach.  Perhaps a better fit for their needs, yet if their job role definition had been clear in the beginning, I would not have pursued this offer.  Despite this annoyance, I drew on my familiarity with

Interruptions and Adaptability—

There are times like these when your normal course of action is interrupted to pursue an opportunity, only to come out the other end realizing that it simply isn’t going to happen or, in my case, the direction I was pursuing wasn’t going to take me where I wanted to go anyway.  Of course it’s easier if you can figure this out in advance of taking unnecessary steps, but it’s not always easy to do that.

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