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Gina Greenlee, Author
Jan 6, 20201 min read
How To Say No
“People who create know how to say ‘no’ and are willing to suffer the consequences.” In his book, How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Jan 1, 20201 min read
Jan 2, 2020
Tomorrow is promised to no one. It’s Time to Live the Life You’ve Imagined Work Your Knack You probably already know what your knack is....
Gina Greenlee, Author
Dec 23, 20192 min read
If You Must Hold a Meeting…
I held a freakishly limited number of meetings during 20 years in the corporate world. I didn’t have time for them. Neither did the...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Dec 17, 20192 min read
Do You Coach for Free What You Want to Be?
“I mentored people to achieve goals I wanted for myself. Susan to be a visual artist, and Benson to write.” Story: Shadow Artist I was...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Dec 8, 20194 min read
The Six Months Game
You’ve been given six months to live. Sound morbid? Work Expands to Meet the Time Allowed… …so the aphorism goes. If you have three...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Dec 1, 20192 min read
Pass It On
There are more truths in 24 hours of a life than in all the philosophies. Raoul Vaneigem I arrived in Cairns, Australia, during early...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Nov 25, 20191 min read
Overfunctioner’s Revolution Now Available on Amazon
As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Nov 19, 20192 min read
Project Management: Now that You Got ‘em, Get ‘em to Talk to Each Other
By using the Ideal Project Team Member Profile, I knew I had the right people in the room when I convened my first and only 30-person,...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Nov 10, 20192 min read
A Christmas Birthday Celebration in India
In December 1993, I had been up for an hour on Christmas morning before I realized, Today’s my birthday. I was in Bikaner, a desert town...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Nov 6, 20191 min read
The Overfunctioner’s Revolution: Create Anarchy. Do Nothing.
My therapist had a vision: me standing on a tennis court, bright yellow balls at my feet that were lobbed over the net by other people. I...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Oct 20, 20193 min read
Project Management: The Right Team = Project Steam
Take the time to build the right team and your project will practically propel itself. Here’s how: Create an Ideal Team Member Profile...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Oct 17, 20194 min read
“P.S. Happy Birthday”: Beatin’ the Celebration-cheatin’ Christmas Birthday Blues
◊ ◊ ◊ My favorite birthday gift has been the time and attention I finally learned to give myself. ◊ ◊ ◊ In 1960, the town of Peekskill,...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Oct 13, 20191 min read
The Overfunctioner’s Revolution: Tough Love Practices for Not Giving Yourself Away
It’s good to get mad. In the late 18th century, American colonists got mad when the British government stomped all over their right to...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Oct 6, 20194 min read
Emotional Intelligence in Project Management: Recognize Don’t Demonize
The heart of project management is having sufficient common sense, humanity and emotional intelligence to effectively interact with a...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Sep 29, 20194 min read
Help Your Brain Better Encode and Recall Important Information
Before I developed the Formula 5 system, I was overwhelmed by ideas. Couldn’t keep them straight. Then I watched Peter Doolittle’s TED...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Sep 22, 20192 min read
Life on the Edge
When I tell people that I’ve traveled to Nepal, they ask me with a straight face if I climbed Mount Everest. And I think, You’ve got to...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Sep 16, 20192 min read
Tested
The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Sep 8, 20194 min read
No Tears for Frankie
I was in the fifth grade when Frankie died. It was 1971. My whole class planned to attend the funeral, since we knew him. My father...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Sep 4, 20191 min read
Revere Rest
◊ ◊ ◊ Rest. Don’t Leave Home Without It. ◊ ◊ ◊ The Art of Sloth ◊ ◊ ◊ Don’t Set a Clock, Be a Clock ◊ ◊ ◊ Don’t Force a Schedule, Honor a...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Aug 25, 20195 min read
Welcome to Our New York
As I strolled the streets of Jaipur, northern India’s “pink city” nicknamed for the hue of its old buildings, men with time on their...
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