Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo

Why I’m Here
by Jacqueline Berger

 

Because my mother was on a date

with a man in the band, and my father,

thinking she was alone, asked her to dance.

And because, years earlier, my father

dug a foxhole but his buddy

sick with the flu, asked him for it, so he dug

another for himself. In the night

the first hole was shelled.

I’m here because my mother was twenty-seven

and …

 

It’s right to praise the random,

the tiny god of probability that brought us here,

to praise not meaning, but feeling, the still-warm

sky at dusk, the light that lingers and the night

that when it comes is gentle.

 

“Why I’m Here” by Jacqueline Berger, from The Gift That Arrives Broken. © Autumn House Press, 2010. (buy now)

Popularity: 1% [?]

Share it!

Pebble Problem

A merchant owed a large sum of money to a lender. The old, ugly moneylender fancied the merchant’s beautiful daughter. He proposed that he would forget the debt if he could marry the merchant’s daughter. The merchant and his daughter were horrified.

The moneylender suggested that they let providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty bag. The girl would pick a pebble from the bag. If she picked the black pebble she would have to marry the moneylender and the debt would be forgotten. If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him and the debt would be forgotten. If she refused to pick a pebble the merchant would have to go to jail.

The moneylender bent over and picked up two pebbles. The sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. The girl immediately agreed to the contest despite her father’s protests.

Why did she agree?

On first impression it would seem there were only three possibilities:

1. She refuses to take a pebble, sending her father to debtors prison.
2. She shows that there were two black pebbles exposing the cheating moneylender but leaving the her father in debt.
3. She picks a black pebble and sacrifices herself for her father’s freedom.

Before you read the answer, below, try to solve this problem yourself.

Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 2% [?]

Share it!

Maybe your business could make serious money by adding fun?

Popularity: 5% [?]

Share it!

Have fun with Executive Coach to CEOs Tony Mayo, of Reston, Virginia, learning a different way to open bananas.

Watch this short video and consider how a good coach can help you find better work strategies and establish new habits.

Click to see video in HD – sharp enough for full screen — on YouTube or Facebook.

Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 3% [?]

Share it!

Here is a very clever montage that is funny and motivating at the same time.

The transcript and more details are here.

Popularity: 5% [?]

Share it!

We know it’s just another day
that comes around each year.
But something special happens then
that makes this time so dear.

We smile at others as they pass
a child’s eyes wide with wonder
The wreaths and holly hanging everywhere
might e’en take time to ponder.

The time does come but once a year
bringing happiness and joy.
The season is for Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 3% [?]

Share it!