David Sedaris

By Carol Ross | June 6, 2006

I was at a Mother’s Day dinner at my brother’s house last month. I was talking about how hard it is to read aloud your own writing in an interesting voice. In developing my podcast, Live Action Coaching, I had written intros to each coaching demonstration and was horrified to hear the dullness in my…

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That Rascally Wabbit

By Carol Ross | June 4, 2006

I am being tormented by a rabbit.  A small gray bunny with a white cottontail. The weather has been beautiful–75 degrees, slight wind, blue skies–and my patio is inviting as a second office. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the rabbit come out of the leafy mass of dogwood bushes, near the…

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The Real Reason I Podcast

By Carol Ross | May 30, 2006

I carpool with another family for school pickup and dropoff.  I usually have the morning shift. I pick up three boys, ages 11, 13, and 14, friends of my sons’. The oldest kid sits in the passenger seat next to me, away from his younger siblings in the back seat but not totally out of…

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Looking for Good Ideas in New Places

By Carol Ross | May 28, 2006

I’m chuckling this morning. I just received an email with the subject line, “How and Why Women Test You.”  Despite what you might think, this is not spam. I actually signed up to get this email at a website designed to help men get more dates with women. At this point, you might be wondering:…

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Easy, With Impact

By Carol Ross | May 24, 2006

I just got off the phone with a coaching client, Mary.  She was a Division I collegiate tennis player, on scholarship, many years ago and still plays today.  Recently Mary hit balls with one of her husband’s clients, giving him some tips that were matter of course for her but new to him. The client…

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