There is a great blurb in Sunday’s New York Times that reports that people’s confidence that they will retire comfortably has a hit a new low. Like Hemingway who was quoted as saying, “Retirement is the ugliest word in the language” I have always disliked the word retirement. I hear retirement and I hear the […]
Silent Reading
It’s official. I am now on Twitter. I don’t quite know what to do with it yet but it got me thinking about all the things there are to read now. Between my ever growing list of blogs, newsletter updates, Facebook, Linkedin, The New York Times(I confess. I like that best when I can feel […]
Reinvention Is All The Rage
re·in·ventPronunciation: ˌrē-ən-ˈventFunction: transitive verbDate: 16861 : to make as if for the first time something already invented 2 : to remake or redo completely 3 : to bring into use againre·in·ven·tion -ˈven(t)-shən noun This is the definition according to Merriam-Webster. As it turns out, while the concept of reinvention, especially in regard to the workplace, […]
Lessons From Valentino
As you know if you follow this blog, my musings can run the gamut from a discussion of a book as powerful and thought provoking as The Blue Sweater to my affection for Dancing with the Stars. So it will not surprise you that yesterday I went to see the feature length documentary, Valentino, the […]
My First Interview as a Writer
As long as we are on the subject of interconnectedness, I am starting to get emails and requests from individuals I might not have ever encountered if I did not have this blog. Such is the age of technology. For instance, last week I got an invitation from a site called WhoHub for an interview. […]
The Blue Sweater
Have you heard the story of The Blue Sweater yet? This is how it goes. The author of the memoir, Jacqueline Novogratz has this blue sweater as a kid. You know, one of those favorite childhood possessions that no matter how hard anyone tries, no one can convince you to part with. Eventually, circumstances are […]
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