Ideas for a Better Life

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 coach last week, when I was feeling overwhelmed. The engineer in me enjoyed the picture…

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…

I’m pleased to announce a new podcast program, Leading With A WHOLE NEW MIND, based on the book, A WHOLE NEW MIND by Daniel Pink.   Each month, I interview a pioneer whose work is to bring an aspect of right-brain thinking into a left-brain world. So far, I’ve had a blast interviewing a Laughter Yoga…

For those of you who haven’t tried out Skype, the long-distance provider that routes calls over the Internet, there’s a new reason to try them out. Skype-to-Skype calls, where both ends have downloaded the necessary software and created an account with Skype are free. SkypeIn and SkypeOut calls, where either the caller or the receiver…

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…