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Jul 7, 2016 “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
Jun 30, 2016 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
Jun 23, 2016 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
Jun 16, 2016 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
Jun 9, 2016 “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
Jun 2, 2016 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
May 26, 2016 One Hour of Play = One Year of Conversation “You can discover more about a person in one hour of play than in a year of conversation,” is a quote attributed to Plato by some, although my good friend… Read More
May 19, 2016 Inspiration is Like a Cup of Coffee… This past week I was lucky enough to speak at a conference in New Orleans. (I loooooove New Orleans.) The industry to which I was speaking has been in flux… Read More
May 12, 2016 Poorly Placed Platitudes Make Others Peevish There are many quotes about effective public speaking/persuasion. One of my favorites comes from Winston Churchill, “Opening amenities are often opening inanities.”  His point—which I make to my clients ad… Read More
May 5, 2016 Please Stop Man-Bashing On April 20th, an op-ed titled “How to Explain Mansplaining” appeared in the New York Times, and I have to say I found it…well, my thoughts ranged from ‘unacceptable’ to… Read More

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