Melissa Elerick

This week I was watching the newest season of Ted Lasso, and one conversation stuck with me long after the episode ended. Ted was talking with his mom about how much he loved going to work with his dad when he was a kid. He remembered how fun it was, how everyone was nice to him, and how happy people seemed. His mom gently challenged that memory. She told him it wasn't necessarily the place that made him happy. It was seeing how happy his dad was to be there-his dad's joy and gratitude was...

I've been contemplative over the last couple of weeks so this blog post is going to be a little different- more personal in nature. In November of last year, I received news that changed the course of my career. After 20 years in administrative roles, including the last decade focused on Human Resources, I was told that I had done my job so well that they no longer needed me. At first, it felt like standing at a crossroads. The path I'd been traveling for two decades suddenly ended, and I had...

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