Welcome back Leaders Connect! You’ve been invited to the FIRST event back since 2020! Dr. Rob and Robin (Weber) Pollak of Journeys International will lead some fun structured networking. Since COVID has put a lot of obstacles in all of our personal and professional lives, I am ecstatic to start back up in-person events to see all of your smiling faces and meet some new friends along the way. Our first event back will be held at Zingerman’s …
It’s really quite simple. In the complex and dynamic world of technology, you are falling behind if you aren’t learning. I know this well; I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my life how many I’ve made over and over again. But slowly, I am learning. In the complexity you face every day, errors and mistakes are inevitable. No one knows enough to get it right every time, every day. However, when you find you’ve made a mistake, ask yourself a simple …
As a deeply spiritual person, I find great comfort and guidance in the deceptively simple Serenity Prayer. I first heard it recited by Robert F. Kennedy, shortly before he was assassinated in 1968 while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Bobby lived through extremely turbulent times including World War II, the assassination of his brother, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights Movement, and the quagmire of the Vietnam war. The prayer gave comfort to Mr. …
I was recently sent a nice review of my book, Self-Aware: A Guide for Success in Work and Life by Cheryl Meyer for Finance Management Maginze. It is a good summary of some strategies for boosting your self-awareness. Today and this week, I am making my book available for free download on Amazon. If you have read it, I would appreciate you writing a review, positive or negative, on Amazon Reviews for the book. I would like to create an Audible version of the book. Please let me …
In my view learning to meditate is about learning to relax your mind and body. I first started to meditate about 50 years ago. At that time, I was a graduate student feeling anxious and overwhelmed. At Harvard, I learned about one of my professors, Dr. Herbert Benson, who wrote a book called The Relaxation Response. Dr. Benson studied many forms of meditation with the intent of developing a method that would be easy for people to learn, as a way …
Many of the men I know, including myself are reaching that 70 and 80-year-old phase of life, commonly known as the senior years. While much has been written about women and aging, there is surprisingly little for men, even though the stage of life is extremely challenging for us guys. In recognition of International Men’s Health Month, I will be devoting many of my forthcoming Dr. Rob Newsletters to the topic of men and aging. First, I will be focusing on …