Grass is Green Where You Water It

I did not appreciate how hard it is to grow a healthy lawn until I moved to the high desert.

Growing grass in Boston where I grew up was never an issue. It rains a lot in New England and I mowed the lawn twice each week in mid-summer.

Here in New Mexico, growing grass is harder. The soil is sandy, the heat intense, and rainfall is rare.

Working in our yard reminds me, "Grass is not greener on the other side of the fence. Grass is green where you choose to water it!"

Stockholm Wood City will be a Remarkable Mass-Timber Neighborhood | Dezeen

Scandinavian studios Henning Larsen and White Arkitekter are designing Stockholm Wood City. The world's largest wooden construction project will have 7,000 offices space, 2000 homes, and the "serenity of a forest".

The CEO of Charles Schwab learned a big lesson by failing a one-question college exam | Business Insider

Here's the lesson learned: "Never lose sight of the people who do the real work."  And, here's the one question that stumped most students: "What's the name of the lady who cleans this building?"

Winning the U.S. Women’s Open | Korn Ferry

Not many U.S. Women’s Open golf winners have a master’s degree in global supply-chain management. Meet Allisen Corpuz who won last week at Pebble Beach!

10 Questions to Ask Yourself at MidYear | Inc.

We're a little more than halfway through 2023. How do you want the rest of your year to go?

smh! 2023's New Emoji Finalists | Gizmodo

A long-awaited lime, shaking my head, and a broken chain - here are this year's top-ranked emoji finalists.

Here's more media influencing my coaching:

• The Creative Act: A Way of Being | Rick Rubin via AMAZON
• The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man | David Von Drehle via AMAZON
• Blue Highways: A Journey Into America | William Least Heat-Moon via AMAZON
• Amritsar: The Indian city where no one goes hungry | BBC Travel
• Um Abraço No Getz | Listen to Getz & Gilberto via YouTube

I coach leaders and teams who do amazing things.

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