The dictionary defines legacy as anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor. Whether we realize it or not, each of us travels through life leaving a legacy trailing behind us like bread crumbs sprinkled on the ground for others to follow. What trail are you blazing? Are you happy with […]
Failure Analysis in Shared Parenting Planning
When I first decided to blog on my website, I set a goal to blog once a month. Even for a busy person such as myself, I figured it would be a simple task. In fact, my hope was to blog up to two times a month, when I could. Looking back, after missing a […]
Check Your Assumptions at the Door Please!
On a scale of 1 to 10, how often would you say your assumptions are correct? If less than a perfect 10 has making an assumption caused difficulty in your shared parenting communications? If you answered yes, read on! What happens to important communications when we assume incorrectly? To offer one example of assumption-making gone […]
Randomness and the Shared-Parenting Agreement
Having worked in the process improvement field for many years, I read with interest a newsletter about the effects of randomness on project planning and management. The basic idea is that because of randomness, our ability to estimate, predict, and forecast project outcome is difficult. It’s difficult because randomness, also known as unpredictability, is possible […]
The Little Things in Life
I can’t believe how quickly the holidays are approaching! With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, it seems that people are already stressing out over holiday preparation and activities. How about you? While it’s true the holidays cause a certain level of stress for most people, from personal experience, I know that holiday time can be particularly […]
Managing Conflict with Mindfulness
In one of his famous quotes, Einstein suggests a definition of insanity as doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. As a process improvement professional who focuses day-in and day-out on how to make things work better, this makes perfect sense. On the other hand, as a human being, I sometimes […]