A Girl Day
I cannot remember the last day I have taken completely off. I worked through December 31 at my old job before starting the dream job on January 1. I still spend my weekends (at least one day per week) being …
Category: Books
67 Myths of Entrepreneurship
I just finished The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By by Scott A. Shane a Professor of Economics and the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at the Weatherhead School of Management at …
Do It Tomorrow
I should confess. I am pressure prompted. Give me a tight deadline I’m your gal. Otherwise, I am prone to procrastination. Somewhere in the many blogs I read I came across Do it Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management …
Pondering Memory
I sometimes feel like Judith in Clive Barker’s Imajica. If you have not read this stunning masterpiece, this reference will be meaningless to you. Judith, at least the first Judith you meet, is a replica, her memories of things beyond …
Pondering Watson
James Watson, the Nobel Laureate, recently made headlines for his controversial remarks on race. While he is known in the scientific community for his generally controversial and inflammatory nature, he may be remembered for these words and not for his …
Half Marathon Plan Weeks 6 & 7 of 17
On the plus side these last two weeks, I have gotten the runs in. One or two mid-week runs of 3.5 to 4.5 miles with hills or sprint intervals. Sunday long runs of 7.5 and 8.0 miles. The other workouts …
My Start Up Life
I spent the last few days in Washington DC reviewing scientific grants for the government. My flight home gave me time to read Ben Casnocha’s book, My Start Up Life. I have been reading Ben’s Blog since the summer of …
Words of Power
I admire those writers who can string together a story that can make me weep or suck me into the beauty of their words. There are many great story tellers but few who can immerse me into a feeling, a …
Ben’s Book
I started reading Ben’s blog in the summer of 2004 during my second semester of business school. Brad Feld had spoken at one of my classes and mentioned his own blog. In one of Brad’s posts, he mentioned Ben. I’ve …
I have work to do
On my recent trip to Washington DC for NIH study section, I loaded up on books to read during my flights. I started with a business (personal) development book by Marshall Goldsmith called What Got You Here Won’t Get You …