Gail Blanke's Blog – January 2009 Archive (4)

Enough, already!

Enough with the bad news! Enough with the "global meltdown," the jobless rates, the lay-offs, the bankruptcies, the dire projections. "You think it's bad now," the pundits say, "wait!" The word, "crisis" must be used thousands of times a day in every single medium. I was at a small economic roundtable discussion the other night that was so profoundly depressing that half way through the session, a woman seated next to me leaned over and said, "So, when do they hand out the razor blades?" I left… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on January 29, 2009 at 1:29pm — 1 Comment

Let's do it!

Do you ever hear yourself say, "Well, let's just wait and see what happens"? Or, "I think I'll just wait til the dust settles - or at least until the other shoe drops"? Or, how about "for there to be light at the end of the tunnel"? Forget it. Here's today's news: This isn't a movie you're watching called "My Life" where you just kick back with a bag of popcorn and wait to see what happens next. This is it. You're the writer, producer, director and star of this work of art. And you get to… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on January 19, 2009 at 4:47pm — No Comments

Edit!

I don't think there's a more important skill to master in today's world than the ability to edit out the noise, the mayhem, the debilitating debris of daily life. You just can't listen to everything - or even attend to everything. It's simply too much. One way to "edit out" is by turning off the TV when there's a news piece that disturbs, disgusts or deeply saddens you. There are some words or images that I just don't want to wake up in the middle of the night thinking about. I'm sure you feel… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on January 11, 2009 at 11:21am — No Comments

Making it Happen in 2009!

Okay, it's one thing to say, as we all have, "Thank goodness 2008 is over. Boy, I sure hope 2009 is better. I mean, it has to be, right?" And quite another thing to take the bull by the horns and make it - 2009 - everything we want it to be. Look, this isn't the kind of year we want to leave up for grabs, right? Not after what we've been through. And the good news is that, although bad stuff happens that is totally outside of our control, there's a lot of good stuff we can create if we actually… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on January 5, 2009 at 1:13pm — No Comments