Rolande's Blog

Even firemen have fun!

Last week I met a friend for breakfast. We were sitting at a table, laughing and enjoying each other’s company. Sitting at the next table was a group of eight sophisticated gentlemen; they where sharing stories, laughing and teasing each other. Between our two tables we created enough laughter to fill a stadium. As the gentlemen got up to go pay their bills, one of them came over to our table and said “it was a pleasure eating breakfast sitting close to you ladies”. We said thank-you, and laughed some more.

Does anyone have a few good "book writing tips" ?

It was almost two years ago that I wrote a chapter about leadership and laughter. This chapter was published in the book Leadership Gurus Speak Out. I was very happy with the experience of writing the chapter as well as the final product: the book itself. So much so, I decided I wanted my own book. I invested all my free time during this past summer in creating content. I just wrote anything. I wrote about life and general, I even wrote about peace on earth and the steps to get there.

How's your portfolio?

The last two months I have been investing a lot of time into my business. Maybe it’s the bad economy that’s getting to me. I have been feeling a bit of pressure to work harder and make more money; consequently I am not spending enough time on doing what’s good for me.

Disaster proof!

Have you noticed how difficult times just sneak up on us and suck the laugh right out of us? What if…, what if we got up every morning and had a bit of a laugh. Just a smile, a chuckle or possibly, if you can handle it, a huge belly laugh. A good morning laugh for no other reason than to get ourselves ready for these difficult things that seem to pop up whenever we least expect them. Starting the day with a laugh is what I call, disaster proofing myself. How do you get yourself disaster proof?

I think I've got it!

How does anyone set their course? How do you decide that change has to happen? The combination of not wanting to be at a certain place and wanting to be elsewhere is what get’s me going. I had the opportunity of meeting Patch Adams at the Gesundheit Institute in West Virginia; he spoke with great wisdom about setting goals and working our way to getting there. There is only one thing to do; get going! Start the car and start driving. Knowing when you will stop for gas, eat lunch and take pictures of a grazing cow is not necessary. Just get going and trust yourself to figure out the rest.

A time of change!

A time of change!

Ah, change! A time when, very often, there are tears of sadness and tears of happiness. When change happens, it usually means that we are letting go of something and we are also introducing something new into our lives. Woo-hoos and boo-hoos all at the same time!