Visual Thesaurus
A friend of mine just pointed me to Visual Thesaurus. Provide a word and the tool creates a visual diagram of related words and their meanings. Sort of a mind map for words. You can try a few words for...
Tea Time
Several weeks ago, the women in my family celebrated my mom's 79th birthday by taking her to high tea at a historic hotel in Denver, The Brown Palace. It's a classy place where heads of state stay when they are...
The Power of Story
I was doing research for a talk to leaders in a company. One of the points that I was making was that extraordinary leaders are story-tellers. I ran across a reference to the 2005 Stanford University commencement speech given by...
When Did the Aliens Arrive?
My son had a birthday party with his friends last weekend. He turned 14 years old. Seven boys in the midst of adolescence plus one wanna be (my 11-year old son). When my son was younger, he seemed to have...
Red Letter Days
This must be a red letter day. Today is my son's 14th birthday AND Andrea Lee, a pioneer in the coaching industry and author, has just posted an interview with me on her blog, Money, Meaning and Beyond. First, my...
The Knack
A friend sent me a one-minute Dilbert video that's bound to be a classic someday. At least for geeks who have a sense of humor. BTW--I'm enjoying the fact that through places like YouTube, it's alot easier to share videos,...
Ten Years Ago
Ten years ago, I was working as an engineer, with two children under the age of 4. My husband was working as a teaching golf pro at a course 50 miles away. He worked weekends and on his days off...
Changing Trajectory
Most people think about the future at the beginning of a new year. What I've been thinking about is the past--and how different my life is now, from 5 years ago, from 10 years ago, from 15 years ago. I...