The Personal Journey
How Good Are You at Self-Advocacy?
It's been awhile since I posted here. I've been learning about advocacy and self-advocacy. In preparing for a talk in Houston next week for the Juvenile Arthritis annual conference, I looked up the definition of "advocate." (The title of my talk is "Advocacy: Finding Your Voice." Contact me if you are in Houston and you…
Read MoreStanding Up to the Bullies (With Kindness)
In the course of making a living, it's easy to compromise our values and principles. Think of the client you don't want to offend or the VP who treats you and rest of the staff as part of her fiefdom. The most precious thing that you have is your self-respect and dignity. Others may try…
Read MoreSir Ken Robinson on Talent and Passion
Ready for a humorous, entertaining and educational conversation about talent and passion? The following video is a presentation by Sir Ken Robinson, an expert on creativity. It's over an hour long and well-worth every minute: Notice his wonderful use of story and then articulation of the main points that lead us to new ideas on…
Read MoreWhy I Want My Sons to Be Entrepreneurs
As my sons got into the car for the 15-minute ride to school, I shared with them a secret wish: "I hope some time during your life, you become an entrepreneur." The 16-year old, who may be doomed to be a scientist in some government lab in New Mexico or a software developer in a…
Read MoreThe Ties (and Memories) That Bind
I couldn't help but be drawn into a story about how a group of girls in middle America (Ames, IA) stayed connected over the course of 40 years. The story was further developed in a book, The Girls of Ames, by a Wall Street Journal reporter. It made me think about how my college memories…
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