May 26, 2014
Last week I took a break from blogging as I visited family in Boston. I watched my nephew compete in a track meet and my niece play in a barn-burner of a lacrosse match among many other fun family activities. When I visit family I get nostalgic. Heck, when I am alone I get nostalgic. […]
May 12, 2014
As my regular readers know, I am not skilled in the art of social media/networking, nor do I want to possess those skills. In fact, I criticize it often, for it seems like a suboptimal method for communicating with people. Too many of us use email, texting, and posting as a complaining tool and not […]
May 5, 2014
This past week my partner and I met with a wedding invitation designer (check out Antonia Designs, outstanding designs and an amazing person). Now before we met with Antonia I would have ranked my interest in wedding invitations in the bottom one percent of all that interests me ever in my life. I do not […]
April 28, 2014
Most people hate networking so two weeks ago I blogged about effective networking strategies that are less painful and more authentic to your style. The third step in the process I identified involves assessing the strength of the network of the individual with whom you are networking/wooing. I emphasized the importance of focusing on three […]
March 31, 2014
Recently my nephew Larson phoned me to discuss a school matter. The call made me think of our topsy-turvy relationship. I have written about him before. He is 12 now . . . going on 60. And I always learn so many lessons from him. When he was a baby he taught me about patience […]
