Depleted, Not Defeated
This year, Father’s Day fell on my wife’s birthday. We wanted to celebrate the occasions jointly by doing something out of the ordinary, like witnessing a “majestic” sight. We couldn’t decide which would be more majestic: watching a beach sunrise or a beach sunset. So...
8 Off-Season Habits of Good Teammates
Anyone who is part of a team experiences an “off-season”—a lull in activity, a break from the monotony, a calm before the next storm. For sports teams, the off-season occurs between the end of one season and the start of the next. For teachers and educational teams,...
Strength in Numbers
Nature is a marvelous teacher. So many great lessons about teamwork can be learned by observing wildlife interactions. I recently witnessed an encounter between a “team” of purple martins and a much larger predator that demonstrated an important good-teammate trait....
Upsy Daisy
According to the registrar of all that is worthy of celebration, The National Day Calendar, tomorrow is officially National Upsy Daisy Day—a day to “get up gloriously, gratefully and gleefully.” Upsy Daisy is such a whimsical expression. It’s both fun to say and hear....
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