How To Make a Teenage Girl Happy

Last month, my teenage nieces (ages 14, 14, and 12) were at my house for Fourth of July. Their mother was out of town and their father wanted to make their nightly call since she had been away.  I offered up the phone that I use for my business, as I pay one monthly fee…

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Little Black Boxes

I got an iPod nano last weekend. I saved the black box it came in. I’ve been talking up the book, A WHOLE NEW MIND for the last nine months and this weekend, I experienced fully what it means to buy a product from a company that gets Design. I was fascinated and delighted by…

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Creative Expression and Blogging

An interesting report on bloggers and their habits was recently issued from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.  Main reason bloggers blog?  Creative expression and sharing of personal experiences.  This is an important point. It confirms my suspicion that there are many more writers out there than people who will admit to being writers. …

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Great Work

In January 2006, I wrote a posting about the difference between good work and great work.  I found definitions of the two from a coaching colleague, Michael Bungay Stanier, who found it from someplace else. (I suppose that’s the way of the Internet-driven world—we have access to great ideas but the originator sometimes gets lost…

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Question #5

The following set of questions for Ilene comes from an email that I recently received from a reader of this blog.   Have you had any enlightening experiences or thoughts about God or what comes next? Do you see yourself moving from your work here and your approach with Death as a way to segue…

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