FLOURISH: A Blog Celebrating Questions
Flourish: To grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a favorable environment.I think flourishing is about knowing your passion and following it. Me? I flourish when I help others create environments in which they flourish. And the best way I know to do that is by asking thought-provoking questions large and small and seeing where they lead. In this blog space, I’ll regularly share questions I’m pondering, along with possible answers and related bits of uncovered wit or wisdom. I hope you’ll share yours in return. Together, let’s flourish!
THE BEST GIFT: AN OPEN MIND?
Do you avoid certain conversations with people who hold strong points of view that differ from yours? I admit I sometimes sidestep controversial topics if I believe little positive will come from the exchange. When I do "lean in" to my discomfort to engage in a difficult conversation around a ho...Read More ›
The Down-Time Dilemma
Last year, U.S. workers left nearly 430 million paid vacation days unused, according to a U.S. Travel Association study. And it seems it’s often the most stressed among us who leave the most time on the table. “I don’t have time to take a vacation,” I often hear, followed by reasons rangingRead More ›
What's Your Story?
How synchronous that just as I launched a blog on the power of questions, our local public radio station (WCBU at 89.9 FM) should begin airing a new Public Radio International series called The Really Big Questions—or TRBQ fo...Read More ›
The "Quest" in "Question"
For me, life is a series of questions. Little questions like, “What should I have for breakfast?” Big questions, such as “Why do I exist?” And funny questions, too: “What is another name for thesaurus?” But what’s more important: asking the questions or having the answers? Personall...Read More ›
