Life Hacks: Narrowed Down to 2 As anyone knows who has spent time on the Internet, there are countless articles devoted to life hacks: from the top 100 that will make your life easier to the … Read More
Remain Calm: A How-To As many of you know I have an “Ask a Question” button on my website. (Yes, I do read all your questions; yes, I do answer them.) Recently, I received… Read More
Your Most Powerful Weapon… The violence around the world, and the divisiveness of America’s political discourse, have been (and are likely to continue to be) deeply upsetting. Despair—and its frequent shadow, apathy— have gone… Read More
Do You Have a Lot to Say or Are You Just Saying a Lot? Recently, I got off an extended call with a client and said to my husband, “Well, he had a lot to say!” To which my husband responded, “But did he… Read More
“You’ll Never Be Better than You are Today!”: Helpful Lines for Awkward Moments Was it just me, or did you find the 5-day holiday ‘weekend’ overwhelming? By its end, I was more convinced than ever that naptime is something that should be required… Read More
If You’re On Time, You’re Late I was blessed to spend last week with my yoga teacher, Paramaguru R. Sharath Jois. As you can see from the photo, I was not the only one in attendance.… Read More
The Art of Manliness—Take 2! I had such a great time speaking on the Art of Manliness in December and was thrilled when they asked me to come back on. This episode covers difficult conversations… Read More
Temper, Temper: What to Do When Your Boss Is a Hothead This past week I received an email from someone who had just begun a new job—and discovered on day two that her boss had a temper. (Apparently another staff member… Read More
“I’ll Know It When I See It”: a.k.a. What to Do with a Know-It-All Last week I had the opportunity to be the keynote speaker at the National Jewelry show in Las Vegas (a.k.a. JCK). As is my habit, I opened up the floor… Read More
A Goal for Imbeciles This past Tuesday I was listening to a review on NPR of a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City called “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible.” It is… Read More