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 […]
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 […]
Four Best Practices For Making New Friends On LinkedIn
I love talking to strangers and I love making new friends. It usually starts with some point of connection that engages a conversation, whether it’s the current state of the weather, how long it’s taking to get served at the Starbucks or how much I liked what they had to say at the event we […]
What I’ve Learned After 10 Years Of Working On My Own
A lot happened in 2008. On September 29th of that year the Dow plunged almost 778 points, setting the country plunging into what would be called the Great Recession. On November 4th Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States in history. But for me the day that would be the […]
When You Forget The Essence Of Your Brand
When I started blogging I had absolutely no idea what I was going to write about with the exception of how it felt to be in this place of limbo I suddenly found myself in, divorced from a long and successful corporate career and not quite certain what was next. I called the blog One […]
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