Author Archives: bethpow06
FMM 3 21 14 Driving me crazy!
“Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.” ~ Natsuki Takaya. The human being has an amazing capacity for adapting to change. It takes many different skills to drive in different countries. In the US one of the biggest challenges for those who immigrate is the art […]
FMM 3 14 14 Connecting the Dots
“Don’t believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.” ~ Douglas Adams It has been twenty five years since we were introduced to the World Wide Web. Most of us were already using computers in our workplace; big clunky things with key boards that clicked, green cursors winking at […]
FMM 3 7 14 Quiet heroes
“The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.” ~Felix Adler I was struck this week by the lives of people who go about their days doing remarkable things in an unremarkable way. They are not […]
FMM 2 28 14 No fear from within
“My way is long, but the road is foggy, foggy.” ~Burning Spear. South Florida weather can be funny this time of year. Some mornings you go outside to find a light drizzle of rain, and a cool touch to the air. Kind of like a typical English summer’s day! On Wednesday morning, I was […]
FMM 2 14 14 Speed and Accuracy
“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well” ~ Catherine Jones I learned to touch-type on a manual typewriter in a class taught by my mother. She didn’t joke, that lady, you came into her class to gain a skill, and if your intentions were to fool around and waste an hour, […]
FMM 2 7 14 Are we there yet?
“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself…” ~ Viktor Frankl It is a long drive to get to the north coast from the center of Jamaica. A journey of perhaps 30 miles (or […]
FMM 1 31 14 Core Training
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. The first time I set foot in a gym, I was struck by one thing: all of this effort and sweat with no product. I thought of how it would appear to the hardworking farmers and laborers of developing […]
FMM 1 24 14 Nothing but Blue Sky
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ~ Victor Hugo. On one of my flights into Manchester, I don’t recall how many years ago, I had a surprising discovery. It was a clear, cloudless morning, the sun rising from a rose tinged horizon, the sky a beautiful shade of dark blue. As […]
FMM 1 17 14 Self-Efficacy
“Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.”~ Viktor E. Frankl Studies show that you can predict a person’s ability to change a habit by the degree to which they believe in their ability to change. Self-efficacy is the term given to that belief […]
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