As we settle into the COVID holiday season, instead of focusing on fear and loss, I’ve been thinking a lot about the adventures I had as a kid from Thanksgiving to Christmas every year. I invite you to join me in my memories of happier times and to encourage you to share with me your adventures of the holiday season. Most often my family would get together with my many cousins. I remember waiting in the driveway on a cold …
Leaders Connect Detroit (on Zoom) with Jonathan Quarles Wednesday November 18, 2020 at 8:30 am Video of Michael Samuelson and Dr. Rob on “Sustaining Relationships” Testimonials for my website Leaders Connect Detroit (Zoomcast) with Jonathan Quarles Jonathan Quarles has had a lifelong passion for building businesses and creating change. As a serial entrepreneur, he started his first business as the top-selling paperboy in his neighborhood at the age of eight. After graduating from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU), Quarles …
How to Develop a Good Relationship with Yourself During the Pandemic Decide how you want to spend your time and make it a priority to follow that routine. Decide how you don’t want to spend your time and don’t spend it there. For example, if you don’t want to spend your time on social media, delete the apps. Wear the clothes you like, not the clothes that you think other people will like on you. Likewise, wear your hair the …
On November 10th at 11 am, I’m excited to be doing a Zoom webinar with my good friend and fellow coach Michael Samuelson. Mike and I have been friends for 35 years, ever since we coached our sons’ baseball team. The topic will be on “sustaining relationships”. We will be discussing self-awareness, strategies to create healthy boundaries while working from home, ways to prevent compassion fatigue, and much more. I am curious to hear from you about any questions you would like us …
As with all of us, the stressful circumstances of the past several months have caused me to be more reflective than usual. Today, I’d like to share with you some of my thoughts. I would also like to encourage you to share some of your reflections with me. What I’ve Learned This Fall Having dinner with friends, even virtually, can be very satisfying. Life is a series of calculated experiments about what kind of risks we are willing to take. Some teams …
I was delighted to host the distinguished University of Michigan professor, Michael Traugott who is an expert on campaigns and elections. Seventy participants registered, and they represented both party affiliations. We engaged in a very productive conversation in the large group and in the small breakout groups. For those of you who could not attend and would like to see Michael’s presentation and slides and hear about the comments, you can connect to the zoom recording HERE. I had several …