It’s the start of the school year so I can understand how you have arrived here with the rest of us. Where’s here? Let me ask a simple question as you rush about your day. If I ask how things are going at work or at home, do you reply,...
Maverick had Goose. Lucy had Ethel. Vince had his Entourage. And Snow White had all seven dwarfs. In every chapter of our lives, we have a Cast of Supporting Characters. We don’t always recognize them or the type and level of support they give. Until they are no...
Does anyone have a friend like “Marisa”? You know the type – amazingly good at everything she does. She’s a VP at a major organization who travels internationally while raising her two young boys with the utmost care and concern and hosting...
“She is always looking for the next challenge and never frightened by change.” I cleaned out some files recently and found among the paperwork a “360 feedback” from a few years prior. One of the “observers” noted this of me:...
Are you waiting to do something, you know, when the time is right? Is that project a bit late because you just want to fix one more thing? Deleting dozens of photos until you get the perfect shot for Pinterest? (Full disclosure – the image accompanying this...
I’ve thought for some time about what this day would be like. It is Day One of Wow, I’m Suddenly Unemployed (by Choice). For the first time in 24 years, with the exception of scheduled vacations and some deserved time off after pushing out each of my...
