Mike Lescarbeau, CEO of Carmichael Lynch, a branding and creative agency in Minneapolis, had a great piece last week on Huffington Post.
Titled "Here’s to Longer Goodbyes," the post was about the CEO’s cancer. You can read it here.
Gary Mueller from Serve and BVK, agencies in Milwaukee, shared it on Facebook and I – after reading it – immediately shared it too. It got a ton of love and likes because it hit the nail on the why we are all here head.
I won’t recount his piece word for word, but did want to share Lescarbeau’s summary since I thought it was so very spot-on and aligned with many of my thoughts about how we should all look at our time on this earth.
In his words:
- We're all temporary. We have to enjoy people and allow them to enjoy us, before it's too late.
- One question should determine any given day's activities: On my deathbed, will I be happy if I spent time doing this?
- Work-life balance is a false choice. It's all life. If you suffer at your job, get a new job. If you can't, get a new attitude. And if your principal complaint is the people you live or work with, see number one.
Cheers, Milwaukee and here’s to long hellos and goodbyes.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
