This post by Jan Bruce, CEO and co-founder of meQuilibrium, first appeared on Forbes.com.

  Whether you use Google Calendar or Outlook or an old-school paper day planner or just your memory, you live and breathe by the almighty calendar. We all do.

This post by Jan Bruce, CEO and co-founder of meQuilibrium, first appeared on Forbes.com. If there’s a word people in the top ranks of human capital are buzzing about these days, it’s resilience.

  It’s easy to wax nostalgic at the close of summer: A brisk chill in the air, a longer shadow, a surfboard relegated to the garage once again.

  I’ve lived too much of my life in reaction to fear: Fear of being hurt, of being embarrassed, of not being good enough. It has kept me from being as strong as I could be.

  Stress and the workday go together like peanut butter & jelly. Batman & Robin. You rarely think of one without the other.

  Can you imagine a public health campaign… for friendship? Billboards to remind you to take a walk with your best friend.

  If only I had more time…. How often do you say this to yourself in the course of one day? I’d wager more than once.

  Oh, those summer nights! The classic line from the movie Grease captures the magic of summer memories, for sure — playing in the ocean, long lazy suppers while the sun goes down.

This post by Jan Bruce, CEO and co-founder of meQuilibrium, first appeared on Forbes.com.

  If you want a lesson in fleeting pleasures and the art of mindfulness, look no further than a bowl of summer fruit.

  Imagine you’ve asked your child six times to come to dinner and she shows no sign of putting down her phone.