This is what happens when we are working as hard as we can in an environment of economic uncertainty. Clearly making oneself as relevant and valuable as possible is just plain smart career management in times like these. Peter Drucker would be proud; focus on core value drivers, positively impact them and work as effectively as possible to drive measurable results. What that leaves out is time to write, outside of all of the writing I’m doing around developing a Consulting Mindset and Business Transformation capabilities for our firm.

The measurable effect to this is that I haven’t been posting to my blog as frequently as I would like. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’ve been doing some writing; I have a dozen half-baked diatribes cluttering my draft folder but they haven’t risen to the level necessary to be published where anyone would be able to cogently follow my random thought process.

That’s why I’ve been thrilled that I can point readers to especially cool and interesting articles published recently by others that have inspired me or at a minimum have given me pause to think about things in a slightly different way.

Today’s article comes from my very own cousin Stacie Krajchir, a regular contributer to The Huffington Post who brought to life what I have been suggesting for the past few months. No matter how bad things are for you, there’s someone out there who is in worse shape, and you can make a difference for them and for you. Aside from helping them just because its the right thing to do, it really can help to put you in a positive frame of mind and open up opportunities that you otherwise may have missed.

Therefore without further unnecessary ceremony, I encourage you to give a read to “Giving Back While Broke: How Playing A Little Bill-Paying Roulette Led Me To Bring The Power Of Pictures To Children In Mexico“, by Stacie Krajchir.