Remembering Dan Gilliland Last Saturday night, at Saint Joe’s Hospital, I sat with my friend, Dan Gilliland, watching the Michigan Washington football game. Dan was going to be heading into surgery the next morning. A week earlier, he had been admitted to the hospital for treatment of diverticulitis. Usually this is a painful condition which is easily treated, but for Dan, the condition worsened over several days, until he was facing surgery to repair an abscess in his colon. Dan …
What I Will Never Forget About My Time in New York City After 9/11 I will never forget: Pat and I staring at our phones as we desperately tried to get through to our son, Adam, who was living in New York and whose job as a financial news reporter frequently took him to the World Trade Center…and how we cried tears of relief when we learned at 2 pm that day that he was safe. I will never forget: Receiving a …
How I Maintain My Emotional Health How many times lately have you heard people say, “We live in terrible times”? Indeed, between the challenges of Covid, global warming, and the divisions within our country, sustaining our mental health is a real challenge. Personally, I have been struggling with some long-term health challenges. I’ve had problems with my gait, probably related to an early childhood injury. I also have glaucoma. As I age, both conditions have increasingly restricted my activities. Emotionally, …
To Lead a Better Life Keep track of the daily abundances in your life. Keep track of what you do each day to take care of yourself. Keep track of what you do each day to take care of others. Keep track of what you do each day to take care of the world we live in: our own property, our neighborhood, our community, our country, the earth. Develop a spiritual practice. Call at least one friend weekly. Learn a …
Today’s the day for the Leaders Connect Zoom Zingapalooza. My aim is to lead a virtual meet-up about what is going on in Ann Arbor in the fall of 2021. We have a star studded cast of presenters including: David Ablauf, Associate Athletic Director U of M Football Ari Z, Founder of Zingerman’s Kathy Sample, Co-founder of Argus Farm Stop Matthew VanBeison, President of U of M Musical Society Ellen PutneyMoore, Director of Michigan Theater Foundation Robin Pollak, Owner of …
Stop comparing yourself to others. Do you want to destroy your self-esteem? Do you want to make yourself anxious and depressed? A simple way to accomplish this is to constantly compare yourself to others. When you see something in others that you wish you had in yourself, ask yourself, “Do I want to trade my life for theirs?” Maybe they have a Porsche. What do you think it took to get it? Maybe it was bought with a large loan. …