Virgina Dare Besett Anderson, my beloved fourth-grade English teacher, passed away this past weekend. I am happy that she knew how important she was to me, how influential she was in my young life, how much I adored her. I had a different teacher for homeroom, but I loved changing to Mrs. Besett’s class for English, one of my favorite…
Author: janice
Hello, Spring!
Spring is in the air. Just ask anyone with allergies! Spring inspires us to do what else? Spring cleaning. It’s natural to shed off winter’s heaviness and cold and embrace spring’s fresh start and warmer temperatures. Here are a few tips to spring clean: Clean your winter coat and wash your hats, scarves and gloves. Store them away. Do the…
Live Outside Work
During my very first week at MD Anderson, we had a presentation with three senior physicians and scientists talking about how they manage their time. One, a department chair who I had known during my reporting days in Galveston, instructed the crowd to have a life. He also said that if you didn’t have a life, get a life. Ten…
Please Feed and Water the Employees
As I left work yesterday, one of the women from another department told me how she hadn’t eaten lunch (was too busy to eat) or drank any water (was too busy to drink from the bottle on her desk). She wasn’t complaining, just making a statement of fact. I know I furrowed my brow and said, “No. You need to…
Let There Be Light
You learn a lot when you buy a house, particulaly an older one, and I’ve had one learning experience after another since buying my house in September 2009. My friend Darcy, who is a homeowner in my neighborhood, asked me to share the things I’ve done to my house. My house was built in 1964, but it hasn’t been updated since…
Can You Catch Your Goal?
The other day I worked with a client who wanted to set new goals for work. We brainstormed several ways he could explore and discover what kind of projects would interest him. Talk about goals always leads to talk about vision. Without that vision thing, goals have little depth. My client told me that he learned about how vision works by…