There was a time my mind was a steel trap. I didn’t need to take notes. Taking notes was for old people. I remembered everything and forgot nothing. But I took notes anyway. I’ve always liked taking notes. If I was sitting in a lecture or at a conference, opening to a fresh page on […]
What I Learned During The Facebook And Instagram Outage
A funny thing happened during the Facebook, Instagram and What’s App outage this week. We all survived. The world kept spinning. Nobody died because of it – at least not that we know of and Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for world domination was met with the harsh, cruel reality that his social kingdom was not necessary […]
When What Brings You Joy Is Taking A Break
It seems everyone is tidying things up. Cleaning out closets. Shredding papers. Sending clothes to Goodwill. Letting go, as Marie Kondo suggests in her book, Tidying Up (which for the record I have not read nor have I watched the Netflix series) of anything that does not bring you joy. On the one hand this […]
And Yet…This Is What Still Scares Me
I am the person who views walking into a room full of people she doesn’t know as a great adventure. I talk to strangers on a daily basis, whether it’s a conversation with a five-year old in the elevator about whether it’s going to snow or with the person bagging my groceries at Whole Foods […]
Three Good Reasons To Get Newsprint On Your Hands
One of the first things I learned when I started selling radio ads was from one of my colleagues. That was to read the newspapers and never to limit myself to just one. This was long before the wide selection of 24/7 cable news channels, social media networks and the Internet that clutter the landscape […]
In Search Of Good
Years ago I had a friend, who when things were not going the way he wanted to would say, “I hate my life.” At the time it was perceived as funny and in today’s world would be considered part of his personal brand, but it was also contagious. The more he said it, the more […]
