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Quest Quote |
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“Sometimes it takes a journey to come home.” - Stephen Levine |
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Every month we will share some of our currently favorite books, music, movies and TV shows. |
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Movies The Heart of the Game – If you’re tired of hearing about steroids and other professional sports antics, this documentary of Darnellia Russell’s drive to bring her high school girls’ team to a state championship and for her to make the WNBA will give you a welcome respite. Seeing her journey play out over seven years was like riding a very emotional roller coaster and left us with incredible admiration for her and her coach Bill Resler. |
Pocket Poem |
Small enough to fit in your pocket, big enough to be of use. Song of the Open Road 
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Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
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From the Founder  We’re excited! NPR was so excited about the feature they did on our Play the Blues program that they came back for another story – this time featuring our most popular charity team building program – Charity Bike Build. Click here to listen to the story and let us know what you think. Click here if you missed the Play the Blues feature. Anyone planning on going on a roller coaster this summer? Check out our Roller Coaster program – here’s your chance for your office team to build one! And we also have a philanthropic version – Charity Roller Coaster. And speaking of vacations, this month’s topic, The Journey To and From Home will help you maximize your time off this summer. This is the first of a three-part series on getting the most out of your summer vacation and how to bring your best back to the world in the fall. Happy vacationing! On with the quest, |
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Listen here! Topic of the Month
The Journey To and From Home
Life can pull us away from the ‘home’ inside ourselves. The daily grind tends to keep us on one static level – roughly chest-high and above. The increasing speed of deadlines and demands, news, technology, advertising, traffic all seem to conspire to keep us hurtling faster through a cluttered life. Journeys and vacations give us a way to cut through the increased complexity and speed, to slow down, enjoy simpler pleasures and reconnect with our internal home and source of energy and delight, what Yeats calls, “my deep heart’s core.” The next time you travel, either for vacation or work, you may wish to take the opportunity to travel lightly. Time away from a complex and often messy life is a wonderful opportunity to... Click here for the complete Topic of the Month. |
 Featured Program
Roller Coaster
Innovation rules as you utilize all materials you can access to design and build the world’s most exciting roller coaster. This interactive business simulation encourages participants to work together within their small teams, as well as within the larger ‘theme park.’ Each small design team of 5 to 10 people works in their ‘theme park’ area that is located near the working areas of the other teams. The teams use a mix of provided supplies (PVC, balloons, bamboo stakes, rubber bands, etc.) and anything else they can get their hands on (legally!) to construct a device that will give their marble ‘customers’ the thrill of their little round lives. Each team has very specific design requirements to work from. Whether it’s a corkscrew design, Figure 8, spinning, or twister roller coaster section, there is a specific minimum and maximum amount of time the... For a complete program description, please click here. |
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Office Yoga Break
Take a quick break from your work and try these yoga poses right at your desk. Click here for Seven Helpful Yoga Hints. Seated Back Bend
This pose opens the chest and heart. We tend to collapse this area, partly from slumping from tiredness and back strain, and partly to protect our hearts from our challenging lives. Lean back. Make contact with back rest of chair with upper back. Lengthen front and back body at same time. Try all variations. Each provides a different benefit. Decide which gives you the most benefit. |
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Questions for the Journey  On your next journey you may wish to ask yourself these seven questions: 1. What would I like to quest for on this small journey? 2. What simple pleasures can I really allow in today? 3. What will help me recharge my batteries? 4. What will it take to soften a little bit more in the belly, to breathe more slowly, deeply and freely? 5. What will help me bring a sense of ease back into my day? 6. How can I be more fully alive and present to all the delights that are around me right now? 7. What will enable me to give my best when I return? |
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Statisticity |
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Q. Below are the top five preferred forms of recognition in the workplace. Which one is #1? * *Source: Office Arrow survey
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Panza's Proverb |
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"Things get worse when you stir them."  Sancho Panza, Don Quixote’s squire, was famous for his proverbs. |
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Spread the Word |
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This is your monthly word challenge. Identify the correct definition for the following word. Once you know the definition, spread the word! Slatch
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Good News |
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Take a break from the bad news headlines and click on this story that describes how more people are giving to food banks. Have you read some good news lately? Send us a link and spread the good news! |