His name is Cooper. He is a young, energetic Golden Retriever who arrived next door with the folks that moved in last summer. It didn’t take Cooper long to find a hole in the fence surrounding the back yard, through which he escaped to taste freedom for a few hours before he was coaxed back […]
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October 1, 2014 
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Who moved my cheese? is a neat little book about two mice, Sniff and Scum and two other beings, Hem and Haw in a labyrinth in search of cheese. And the title comes from what they all say when the cheese they had goes missing. It is a fable about adapting or not to change. […]
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February 22, 2014 1 Comment
Life is a continuing series of transitions, some mark advancing years all beginning with our transition from womb to world, then onto childhood, to adolescence, to young adult life, middle age, to eldership and finally death. Other shifts come with leaving the family of origin, changing careers, health issues, relocating to a new community, faith […]
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September 19, 2013 0 Comments
A close friend has just made a major life shift, one that is more than a job change or career revision. It was a deep transformation that yanked him out of an old way of being and into a totally new and powerful place. I will call him AJ. For much of his life AJ […]
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June 25, 2013 0 Comments
My stomach is churning. My fists are clenched, ready to do some serious damage to whom…..I am not sure. This nauseating and dangerous condition is spawned and fueled by the open conflict of selfish interest in Washington, positions taken primarily to guarantee re-election without consideration for the broader population. I am both entertained and revolted […]
Continue readingWho Are You, Really?
May 23, 2013 0 Comments
In Alice Through the Looking Glass the caterpillar asks Alice: “Who Are You?! A little more than a decade ago my good friend, Steve, asked me: “George, what is your essence?” He was my caterpillar! I had been beating myself up for losing a really good job, the result of a huge misunderstanding with my […]
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About George
I have been coaching and facilitating transformational growth since 1995, through the ManKind Project, at The Career Transition Center of Chicago, as a “chair” for business leaders in Vistage (formerly The Executive Committee) as an independent Coach and Entrepreneur. I have personally helped over 200 clients and achieve extraordinary operational and personal results. Read more
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