In the time and personal management workshops that I run, I often use this quote by Thomas Edison: “There is time for everything.” It doesn’t seem possible, does it? Doesn’t every day seem to end long before we need it to? I have friends who are down to 4 or 5 hours of sleep every […]

As I look around at people who are retired or taking it easy, I realize – I don’t envy them. I don’t want to be one of them. I thrive on my frenetic, crazy life. I love everything I get to do. I love making a contribution, and I love using many of the talents […]

Being thankful. It seems like such an easy concept. And, yet how often during any given day do we stop and take the time to feel thankful for what we have? We can get so focused on what’s missing – what’s wrong with our lives. We lose sight of the fact that in every moment […]

This week marked back to school time for my children, and also for me. I teach two sections of an undergraduate leadership course and will teach a new course on careers in finance at my own alma mater in Boston. This year, as in many past years, when I look out at the students in […]

I volunteer for a few organizations and spend time helping out wherever I can. At a recent event, one of my fellow volunteers was talking about one of the other people working with us. She was relaying a story about how hurt she felt when she was trying to make small talk with this other […]

I am doing a presentation for a large client that offers a series of “career talks” for their employees. My topic will be Values – our attitudes and beliefs. What motivates us? As I prepare the presentation, I am again reminded how easy it is for us to fall into the trap of right versus […]

I feel very fortunate to be the mom to three wonderful kids. They aren’t perfect – by any stretch! And I don’t have fantasies that they are better than others, or above the norm. But they are my kids and I adore them. Today I was teaching my oldest daughter, age 16, to set up […]

I find that many of us are getting so tired of being treated badly, especially by those organizations we give our money to. I was reminded again this week how frustrating it can be when I wanted to do a simple thing – buy tickets for my kids to go to Water Country in Portsmouth, […]

This morning, while walking my dogs, I noticed a bumper sticker on a car parked in my neighbor’s driveway. It said simply, “Co-Exist”. I have seen this bumper sticker many times but today, for some reason, the simplicity and significance really struck me. I guess one could take the meaning in a number of different […]

One of my favorite things is reading the funnies in the daily newspaper. Yes, I still love the old-fashioned hard copy paper that gets delivered to my driveway every day, and I can’t wait to open it to turn to the funnies. I especially like the ones that remind me of my own life – […]