I was listening to NPR on my way home yesterday and was fascinated by a story about a young man in the 1960’s who decided to see how long he could stay awake. Researchers heard about his quest and decided to make a case study out of him. After two days of no sleep, he […]
Mindset
How technology rules (your life)
Technology rules (your life), doesn’t it? I know this because of the volume of responses I got from you from last week’s email about the appropriate (and inappropriate) uses of it. Denise noted, “I think we’ve become so accessible that we’re no longer really available to the people who need us most. Sad.” She’s right […]
May I have your attention, please?
May I have your attention, please? I think every meeting or interaction should start this way. And here’s why… Sitting in a networking meeting this morning, I was surrounded by close to fifty people. Passing a microphone around each table, announcements and thanks were being shared. People thanked each other for passing along referrals, for […]
8 Ways to Take Inspired Action
There’s a guy I love named Chris Guillebeau (don’t tell my boyfriend) and he’s all about inspired action. He writes a fabulous blog called The Art of Non-Conformity and he’s made it his life’s goal to visit every single country in the world (and he’s nearly 80 percent there). Over the weekend, he hosted the […]
Focus on Freedom
Focus on freedom – it’s what one of my clients really wanted – and found! Here’s how it went down: Recently, one of my clients reported some great news. We’d spent six months together working on his Five Essential Business Systems (TM), creating checklists, flowcharts, and delegation documents and more in order to help him […]
Stupid gym shoes
So I mentioned a few months ago that I had started going to the gym. I made a commitment to do it and Nelson and I have agreed to go at night after work. Yesterday wasn’t a stellar day for me. I was disorganized (the horror!) and a cascade of things just made it worse. […]