Dear Dad, I recently left a note for you at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. I expressed my appreciation for your efforts to defeat the Nazis in World War II. I now need to tell you about another extremely powerful experience. The next day after visiting the wall, I visited the Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem. I must tell you about how overwhelming the experience was. Even though I had been to Holocaust Museums before, due to the current political situation …
In the Footsteps of My Father My father, Albert Pasick, died in 1999 without ever giving me many details about his time in the service. I knew that he had been a medic in the Army in the Middle East and had attained the rank of sergeant. Beyond that, he was reluctant to share many more details. After his death, I tried to research what he was doing in the Middle East. All I had to draw from were …
Five Key Behaviors of Emotionally Intelligent Team Leaders (and Parents) Five Key Behaviors That Emotionally Intelligent Leaders (and Parents) Strive For: Thinking about your team members first; self second. Knowing that development and care for team members is their key responsibility. Staying consistently aware of their own flaws and vulnerabilities. Seeking opinions of other team members before making key decisions. Explaining key decisions to other team members before enacting them. Let me know other key behaviors you believe is …
I was reading the other day about how robots are taking over our jobs, and I began to wonder how many of my past jobs already have been taken over by robots. My first job was selling seeds door to door. If I sold enough seeds, I would win an air gun. After World War II, all the boys wanted guns. Now, if people want seeds, I’m supposed to get it from Amazon. One job bites the dust. Second …
Last week I was on a panel to discuss a play which I expected to be about emotional intelligence. However, to my delight, what I discovered was a play about emotional intelligence. Specifically, “Smart Love” at the Purple Rose Theatre is really a play about one of the most powerful human emotions: grief. Reflecting upon it, I began to wonder which would be more powerful in my lifetime: the emergence of emotional intelligence or that of artificial intelligence? After …
Can you remember a time when you were younger and wanted desperately to achieve something that was going to take considerable effort and where you were going to face considerable risk? Can you remember a time when you absolutely had to succeed at something or face dire consequences? I think of these times as “one shot moments.” These are the times in your life when you have an unique opportunity to succeed at something which matters deeply. These are …