Pet Peeves

I find it annoying when people send me email and they request a return receipt. My email program tells me when I click on the email that the sender has requested a return receipt–essentially proof that I’ve opened up the email. I have the option of sending the return receipt or not.  If I send…

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Question #2

This is the second in this series of specific questions that Ilene is answering. I thought you would enjoy seeing a picture of me with Ilene (on the right, looking down), taken last week at her home. If you click on the photo, you’ll see a larger version of it (for those of you like…

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Likeability Factor

I’ve had a piece of paper in my "interesting but what to do with it?" pile for about six months. It’s entitled, "An L-Factor Assessment" by Tim Sanders, author of the book, "The Likeability Factor."  It’s a quiz that one can take to understand their Likeability Factor–the ability to create positive or negative feelings in…

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Personal Branding

I was introduced to a great resource on personal branding this week. William Arruda has a company called Reach. This guy is the real thing. He comes from the ad agency, Ogilvy, and has adapted the concepts of branding in the corporate arena to individuals. My thanks to Michel Neray for interviewing William Arruda as…

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Question #1

Last week, I posted Ilene’s thoughts after reading alot of the questions that people submitted around Conscious Living and Conscious Leaving. Here, Ilene answers a specific question from the list. She’ll continue to answer one specific question a week, as long as she is physically able to type. I encourage you to continue the dialogue…

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