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Sep 11, 2015 Throw Your Boss Some Love It’s the first week after Labor Day and while some people are experiencing that “back to school” rush, many are filled with low-grade horror that summer is in their rear… Read More
Aug 20, 2015 Ghosting…It’s Not Just for Breakups Anymore No matter where you get your news—the Times or Facebook—it’s likely you’ve read about the new relationship trend called “ghosting.” According to the article in the Times, ghosting is defined… Read More
Aug 14, 2015 Drive Like Your Children Play Here It’s August on the East End of Long Island and, as with so many winter-sleepy towns, the summer rush never fails to flat-out amaze/low-grade appall… In particular, the urgency with… Read More
Aug 7, 2015 Are you HANGRY? (Hungry + Angry) The concept of “Hangry” (though certainly not the sensation…) entered my vocabulary a few weeks ago. Imagine my simultaneous delight (and disappointment) when it turned up among this week’s New… Read More
Jul 30, 2015 Contradict Yourself This past week, I ran across the below quote from Marcel Duchamp. I love it: “I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own… Read More
Jul 23, 2015 What’s Your “White Suit”?: (Fame? A ‘Dream Job’? Romance?) Words of Wisdom from James Salter James Salter, a lapidarian writer; an inspired writer; an inspiring writer died on June 19th. The author of too few novels, he is most famous for not being famous. In… Read More
Jul 9, 2015 The Elephant in the Room: Why, When, and How It Must be Acknowledged The last few weeks a number of my clients have had elephants in their rooms: everything from common-knowledge scandals to bobbing stock prices to tarnished reputations, have been in play.… Read More
Jul 2, 2015 “I am SO SICK….”: A Few Notes on Elevator Etiquette This past Monday I was in a crowded elevator. Just after the doors closed, one young woman said to another, “Wow, you look exhausted.” To which her chum replied, “I… Read More
Jun 24, 2015 Cheap is Expensive and Expensive is Cheap The first time I heard, “Cheap is expensive and expensive is cheap,” I swooned with delight. While in that moment it was being applied to a shopping situation (specifically: black… Read More
Jun 17, 2015 Every Villain is the Hero of His Own Story The above is a line I heard Mike Myers use in his ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’ interview. Yes, he was talking about Dr. Evil, but I believe this idea can… Read More

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