Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My father and I had a 45 year feud over his cooking capabilities. At ten years old I was so disgusted with his cooking skills, my younger brother and I took over making family dinner. What I did though love about my father was that he wanted to be […]
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My father was more of a “get to” than a “have to” type of guy. He actually resisted those things he felt he “had” to do. While this made those of us around him later in life who were caring for him a bit crazy, it actually has served me
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My father made continual upgrades to our family home where he and my mother lived for 52 years. Over that time period, he probably did well over a thousand home improvement projects. My love for hardware stores comes from all the times I joined him while picking up his
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My father and I started to play golf about fifteen years ago. Neither of us was all that good and “do over’s” on really lousy shots (“mulligan’s”) were how we most enjoyed the game. I realized I do the same with my projects that are just not performing. While
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My father used to say, “A lazy engineer is a good engineer. They will find the easiest and most efficient way to get things done.” I took that to heart when I became an engineer and made sure I kept anything I designed simple to learn, and simple to use. When
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My father used to say “Opportunities are always all around you but are you prepared to take advantage of them? You make your own luck by how ready you are to seize the moment.” For me, magic happens when I focus on expanding my capabilities. I love designing
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT How often have you noticed that what you think is a really bad situation, ends up being the best thing that could have happened to you? My father taught me to find the silver lining to everything I experienced in life – regardless of how bad it felt at
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My father used to say “success comes to those who go after it.” He was always encouraging me to pursue my dreams. His influence plays a huge part in the courses we create at Cheetah Learning. I had moved back East to live closer to my folks while my
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My parents had six children in eight years. I was the fourth child. They were both public school teachers so the family budget covered what we needed with a little left over for camping trips, and a few extras, but not much else. I was the first girl after
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My father used to say to me when I was a kid – “When you procrastinate you are depriving yourself of the value of what you want to create. Just FINISH.” It became part of who I am to focus, and finish – FAST. I used to joke in
