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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” – Haruki Murakami Writing is one of my great loves. Of course, can someone love writing without loving reading? I’m not sure, but safe to assume that reading is also one of my great loves!ContinueContinue reading “Five Non-HR Books HR Peeps Should Consider Reading!”

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” — Ernest Hemingway My love of writing grew from Mr. Kuhn’s College Compensation class my senior year in high school. The class was meant to prepare students for college level writing. To say Mr. Kuhn was eccentric is anContinueContinue reading “Comma Splices, LSD, and Being an Influencer: The Writing Journey of a #SHRM19Blogger”

“Music is the soundtrack to my life.” – James Hetfield, Metallica guitarist and vocals Earlier this week, I took Steve Browne’s challenge to write a blogpost that centered on an #HRMixedTape2019 – HR Edition! My “mixed tape” of songs was a nod to my heavy metal roots! I named some of my favorite heavy metalContinueContinue reading “#HRMixTape2019 – Metallica Edition \m/”

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Since the age of 12, and likely even earlier, I have been a music lover, more specifically, a diehard metalhead. I love fast, heavy, aggressive, and thought-provoking music. I love the “chug chug chug” of a great riff. I love the artistry of a great solo. I love theContinueContinue reading “#HRMixedTape2019 – Heavy Metal Edition! \m/”

  “In conversation, one should attend closely to what is being said, and with regard to every impulse attend to what arises from it; in the latter case, to see from the first what end it has in view, and in the former, to keep careful watch on what people are meaning to say.” –ContinueContinue reading “Be a Seal Lion: HR Can Help Others Swim”

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”  – Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms When Finding Nemo first came out, I liked the sweet movie about a father doing all he could to find his lost son. Now, as a father myself, I appreciate it on a different level.ContinueContinue reading “Just Keep Swimming”

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” – Epictetus Having introverted tendencies can be a challenge. You know you need to go out and fulfill certain obligations, but it’s so tiring! Ugh, if only I could stay home with my books and music andContinueContinue reading “The Company We Keep: Live On Purpose”

“Our own life has to be our message.” – Thich Nhat Hanh At the beginning of my HR professional journey, I wasn’t sure what I was getting into. So, I decided to take a SHRM Essentials of HR course. At that point, I had somehow never heard of “shroom,” and barely knew HR meant humanContinueContinue reading “Message in a Poster”

“That which is an impediment to action is turned to advance the action. The obstacle on the path becomes the way.” – Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations So, here I am. After months and months of hemming and hawing, I am finally putting pen to paper – or fingers to keyboard, rather. A blog. AContinueContinue reading “The Obstacle Is the Path”

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton