Last week I was invited to learn more about Managing by Strengths. With a short series (truly short – less than 10 minutes) of questions, it creates a profile that is similar to both the Insights discovery profile (I’m a “reforming observer”) and …
I love my job. Tomorrow I get to meet Gregg Vanourek, one of the authors of Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives. I’m hoping that Gregg will be able to inspire our students in the Fall. What is Life …
I’ve been wanting a new car for the last year or so. Whenever I would sit in traffic, I would promise myself that my next car would be an automatic. I have only ever had cars with standard transmission. I …
One of my favorite things about Amazon is that books are recommended based on your browsing history or prior purchases. I read a lot of business books – generally themed toward entrepreneurship & innovation or management. Recently I’ve been reading more …
Back in about 2000, my not yet husband gave me my first computer game, Asheron’s Call. It’s one of those massively multiplayer on-line role playing games (MMORPGs). I’ve been playing essentially continuously since the fall of 2000. It’s one of …
I was chatting with my brother last night. He told me the story of the Ant & the Grasshopper. It's an old Aesop fable that I'd never heard before. Æsop. (Sixth century B.C.) Fables. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. The Ant and …
If you have been reading here a long time, you know that I am a big fan of Steven M. Smith who I first discovered not quite a year ago when I was pondering some major organizational changes. In response …
One of the hardest lessons for me to learn is what not to say. I default to candid. If you ask, my first instinct is to answer as truthfully and completely as I can. Some people appreciate this – you …
I find myself thinking often about the relationships between accountability, mentors, coaches and productivity. My thoughts are half-formed, still percolating. I am hoping that writing them down will give them some structure. I have frequently admitted my admiration for Ben …
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 …