Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Living
Life Lessons
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...
Question #4
Here's the next set of Q+A from Ilene: What have you learned about yourself from this experience? I am stronger and more lovable than I ever imagined. I am much more than what I do. I have a great capacity...
Why I Read Blogs, At Least For Now
A terrific blog I've been reading lately is one written by Suzanne Falter-Barns. Just like William Arruda's blog, if you take the time to read through her postings, you'll get a quick education on a specific topic. In this case,...
New Podcast Next Month
For just about a month now, I've been working with a team of people to turn the interviews I did with my friend, Ilene, into a podcast. This project has grown in size from the original vision and this seems...
Mini-Coopers and Oatmeal
Thanks to everyone who filled out the 360Reach survey, designed to help me figure out my personal brand. There are two questions that are particularly fun: If Carol Ross were a car, what type would she be, and why? If...
Postscript
I opened up my inbox one morning to find a email from "carol" with a subject line of "the another Carol Ross." I had a feeling it was one of the Carol Ross's I have found by googling myself last...
Question #3
We continue with Ilene's answers to specific questions: What would you have done differently in your life that would have made it better? What do you regret not doing during your life? What I would have done differently, always throws...
Work That You Are Meant to Do
People have been congratulating me on being photographed and quoted in U S News and World Report magazine. What strikes me is how this is a sign of doing work that I'm meant to do. That's different from work that...
How To Sleep Better At Night
Yesterday afternoon, I charted all the "to-do's" for my professional life onto Stephen Covey's quadrants: Urgent and Important Not Urgent and Important Urgent and Not Important Not Urgent and Not Important This was an assignment given to me by my...