Lost and Found
Lost last week: Garage door opener Cell phone Prescription eye glasses (with high index lenses, Varilux progressive bifocals, and anti-reflective coating) Son, skiing at Copper Mountain Found last week: The wisdom of asking for help. Son in backseat finds garage...
Who to Hang With
Michael Bungay Stanier, a coach I admire for his intelligence, creativity and business savvy, has written a great article, "Who's Helping You Out?" He outlines his criteria for deciding who he spends his limited time with. And don't we all...
Presentation Zen
I'm playing with Google Alerts--an automatic email notification on just about any topic you are interested in. You can identify the scope of searchable media (e.g., blogs) that you want scoured for the topic of interest. One of the topics...
Raising Women to Be Leaders
Rather than re-cap a WSJ article, I'll point you to a blogger who has done that quite nicely. The story is about 4 sisters who have achieved positions in business that most people, men or women, never experience--CEO, Senior VP,...
One Person/Multiple Careers
I recently emailed Dan Pink, author of A WHOLE NEW MIND, the link for this site. He coined the phrase "Boundary Crosser" in his book and I thought he would get a kick out of seeing what I've done with...
Growing Older
A friend, George, read my featured article for this month and had this response:My life is changing as important, and loved, people in my life are dying off. I've kept a list, not too carefully, from 1995 (when I was...
Building a Brand
I received a post card in the mail from a prominent realtor in my area. The realtor was sponsoring a talk, given by a colleague who is a consultant, author and speaker, on finding your purpose. The venue was a...
When Good Things Happen Quickly
An update on the posting looking for entreprenurial families. I had contacted several people I know who are either entrepreneurs or work closely with entrepreneurs. One of them, Kevin Menzie, CEO of Slice of Lime, responded that he did come...