In 2017 I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. After different treatments and surgeries, I am now in remission.
What I noticed in working with organizations and my clients, they had a different kind of cancer. Organizational cancer.
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The World Happiness Report for 2019 was published a few weeks ago on March 20, which is the International Day of Happiness. The findings were quite depressing.
Global happiness has been declining and negative feelings such as sadness, worry and anger have seen a 27 percent increase between 2010 and 2018.
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In July of 2017, at the age of 40, I was diagnosed. Stage 2 breast cancer or Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) is the medical term for it.
Being diagnosed with breast cancer is a life altering experience. You go from happily going about your life to being faced with your own mortality. You embark on a daunting roller-coaster ride and you don’t know when it will end.
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This past weekend, I attended the second annual World Happiness Summit, WOHASU for short, at the University of Miami. WOHASU’s mission is to make the world a happier place.
The theme of this year’s conference was Positive Disruption.
Continue reading “Learnings from the World Happiness Summit (WOHASU)”This past weekend, I attended the second annual World Happiness Summit, WOHASU for short, at the University of Miami. WOHASU’s mission is to make the world a happier place.
The theme of this year’s conference was Positive Disruption.
In this series of two articles, I am sharing the highlights of my learnings.
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If you haven’t heard the latest debate, you can click here and test if you are hearing Laurel or Yanni. This piece of audio has sparked a debate similar to the famous gold or blue dress from 2016.
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This image was taken during a 2014 an Axialent/Equus retreat at Bishop’s Lodge, in Santa Fe, NM. The horses in this photograph depict a herd of four horses. The white horse is Artemis, named after the Greek goddess of the hunt, forests and hills, the moon and archery.
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At a Club Med all-inclusive resort somewhere exotic. It’s 7:30 am, the alarms goes off. I have exactly 25 minutes to get ready for my shift as a front desk clerk at the resort I work and live in. I quickly put on my clothes having taken a shower the night before, brush my hair and put it in a ponytail and then start the transformation process. By putting on my make-up and uniform I slowly morph into the friendly receptionist who never has a bad day, not a request is too much to ask, goes above and beyond to provide excellent service to the customers. My workday starts as soon as I walk out of my room, greeting guests, wishing them a wonderful day. Helping a couple with directions to the tennis courts. When I arrive at the front desk at 8am, there is already a line forming to sign up for the Brazilian Steakhouse on the property. Guest are arguing with each other about who arrived first as I start to take their names. The restaurant only has a limited amount of space and it fills up quickly, leaving some of the guests disappointed. They are quite vocal about their disappointment. It’s 8:15 am and so far I have been insulted and disrespected at least twice. I am taking it all in with a smile. This is the “I never have a bad day” me, “no doesn’t exist in my vocabulary” me. This is the version of me that has a big wall protecting the real me.
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