Five for February in Rapid Learning

This February I learned:

1. A deepened respect for the power of networking and people coming together to focus on a topic as relatively esoteric as employee engagement. There is so much to be learned from every person in a network.
2. Temperature is very relative. After about 30 days of temperatures in the -30s and -40s, -6 Celsius feels almost hot. Perhaps not Hawaii but warm for Winnipeg.
3. Not to take health so much for granted and that pain can be a calling to stop and care for yourself. I guess I better stop getting my back up.
4. We create stories all the time about other people's actions and if we are learners, we realize they are stories, and we stop jumping to assumptions, open our minds, and learn to move from once upon a time to twice upon a time.
5. How helpful it can be to ourselves in writing a blog. Writing www.diehappytoday.com has really kept a focus of authentic happiness with me every day.

David Zinger

Employee Engagement Expert

Comments

[Karen Wallace]

David, congratulations on diehappytoday.com! I have added it to my feed reader.

It still feels weird to have you talk about huge 'minus' temperatures. We had our hottest day of the year here on Saturday - with the temp on our back verandah hitting 41.5 celcius! A far cry from your -6, let alone -30's and -40's! You're so right, it IS all relative.

[David Zinger]

We are warming but it still minus yet if you look at it right - because your brain is frozen - you think a high minus is a postive.

[Joanna Young]

David, I'm following your new blog in a reader too and reflecting if not commenting (yet).

Your point about the invasion of the copywriters has lingered with me all month, a reminder about the need for authentic writing as well as authentic happiness.

Joanna