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Give your brain a break – put down the notebook!
In 2012, I moved across the country for a new job. It was a great opportunity and I was excited about the new chapter that lay ahead. There was a lot to do in the 4-6 weeks that I had...
byLucy Shenouda
Tips to Taking a Six Second Pause
The pause brings me to much needed stillness in a world in chaos. I feel calm in distancing myself from the pain of moments ago. The painful feeling of excessive stress. Solving difficult problems. Remembering a difficult conversation. A pause....
byLucy Shenouda
The Busy Mind
In those moments, when I am caught up in my busy mind, I find myself actually in a paradox of in-action. I am more in my mind, in a made up world of constant activity that has yet to see...
byLucy Shenouda
Dichotomy of Change: A Love Hate Relationship
As organizations grow and prosper, they adopt new technologies, hire new talent and introduce new processes. The evolution of the workforce begins a cycle of growth and prosperity. In organizations set in their ways, this cycle comes with a transition...
byLucy Shenouda
Clothes Don’t Fit
I go on looking through my wardrobe and pick a few pieces in the back of the closet. Pieces I haven’t worn for a long while. On the surface, I tell myself the outfit is a classic, timeless. Deep down,...
byLucy Shenouda
On the Verge
You can almost taste it, see it, feel it. So close. Venturing towards a milestone that represents so much more than time and energy spent, it’s heart and soul poured into a cause, a purpose with true meaning.
byLucy Shenouda
Sweet Sixteen
We notice leaders and organizations on the edge of change are acting like teenagers! Delightfully rebellious and disruptive one moment, as they separate from an old culture to create and connect to a new way of being. Demurely lost and...
byLucy Shenouda
The Fragile Ego
There is a lot of light in my life. Opportunities realized. Relationships flourished. Challenges met. Hard-won victories. These events have come with time, connection, relationships, hard work and a sense of conviction and tenacity. Yet with all the personal self-development...
byLucy Shenouda
Here Be Dragons
Turbulence, a state of confusion and disorganized change, has from my vantage in the eye of the storm, set off reactivity in the atmospheric system. I notice that in all three recent cases the reactivity started with a tendency towards...
byLucy Shenouda
Where does the time go?
All I had to do was … one, blah blah blah; two, blah, blah, blah, and so on. By the time I get through self-recrimination, I have a monstrous headache and am back to where I started. With a pile...
byLucy Shenouda
