I dedicate this blog post to all of my friends and colleagues who suffer from the perfection trap, and to those who struggle to be a “completer finisher.” The idea that “done is better than perfect” can be attributed to several people, including Sheryl Sandberg, but I heard it first, and most often, from my [read more]
Perhaps you have heard the expression, Speak from the Heart? There is great power in doing just that, yet most of us speak from our heads, and when we give presentations, we speak from the slides. I’d like to share a recent example of a guest speaker who reminded me of why we should tell [read more]
For the past two years, I have had great success in getting big things done by focusing on a single word for the year. I got this idea while attending an annual professional conference hosted by Anne Garland held in January in beautiful Essex, Connecticut. She led us through an exercise to select one key [read more]
This blog was inspired by an Uber driver whom I had the good fortune of riding with in Toronto Canada while on business recently. Despite the many warnings that others gave me about the dangers of riding with strangers, I actually prefer Uber to a regular taxi service for four reasons: 1) it’s less expensive; [read more]
Hot searing pain from an unknown source – it came as a bit of a shock! On August 1st of this year, I was stung on the hand by two yellow jacket bees while gardening in my yard in Connecticut. I was digging up a few specimen plants to take with us to our new home [read more]
I love action. Action films. Action heroes (and heroines). Action plans. Taking action. If it entails action, I’m in. I love doing stuff. It energizes me. It gives me the feeling of moving forward with my life. But when it comes to activating big changes, things start to slow down. That makes sense because the [read more]
Have you lost that loving feeling? It’s so easy to complain about our workplaces ….. demanding bosses, low pay, lack of appreciation, limited opportunity, high stress levels….. Or if you are in transition, looking for a job, you might find yourself complaining about not having work, no boss, no pay, no return phone calls, and [read more]
I had the good fortune of running into Rob Toller the other week at the Human Resource Leadership Forum. It was their annual holiday party and everyone was in a festive mood, due in large part to the special venue: the event was held at the New Britain Museum of American Art. By day, Rob [read more]
I’m pretty sure that I met Santa Claus last week, or at least I thought it was him. He was out of uniform, but there was something about his character that made me think he might be Mr. C. He fit the body type, and had a kind and jolly disposition. I instantly liked him [read more]
If you pay closer attention, you’ll find insight and inspiration everywhere you go. As a blogger, I’m always on the look-out for interesting people and ideas. Sometimes my topics come to me simply by driving to a friend’s house for dinner (read my last week’s blog), or while networking with cool people (read my blog on Scope [read more]
