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Time for Some #Winning
Yes, there IS sexism where you work. You are just blind to it. Several years ago I had lunch with a long time friend, who happens to be a male. We’ve known each other for decades, and he’s someone I …...
View ArticleBridging the Divide
We hear the word Empathy a lot, more so these days. But do you know what it means? Do you know what it entails? What is Empathy? Let’s start with what it isn’t. Empathy is not investing yourself in...
View ArticleTake As Needed
These three words are dangerous to a large part of the population, those who are raised and encouraged to be productive and deliver when called on. And when we think of the opiod epidemic through the...
View ArticleHarvard, You’re Not Helping
The hallowed halls and reputation of the institution is … no, SHOULD be taking a hit of late. From guest professors, to admissions lawsuits, to continued cases of predictable medical fraud. What is...
View ArticleI Thought of You Yesterday …
I thought of you yesterday as I walked through the mall, watching a woman easily slide the 3 Tiffany’s bags on her arm as she strode out of the store, giving a familiar smile to the security guard...
View ArticleHey Diddle Diddle
If P then Q So started my college Philosphy class decades ago. I was already stumped. To that point my life had not followed that path, although as a spectator I had seen it happen. “But wait, not...
View ArticleSix Months Ago
Six months and one day ago I was in a bad place, dealing with the effects of prolonged trauma and a crisis of confidence leading to deep depression. Life was changing around me and I could not get my...
View ArticleHe Had a Jeep
What happens when boys raised on Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree grow up (It should be renamed to “The Taking of the Tree”) He had a Jeep. He loved his Jeep. His Jeep was an external reflection of...
View ArticleMindfulness
We are so distracted in our lives, and we’ve learned to live that way, or rather, to exist. From the glamorizing of being busy, to multitasking, to being on-line, all the time. It leaves us to exist,...
View ArticleAnd She Let Herself Go
He said it. She heard it. She interpreted it just as she was taught to … “And She Let Herself Go.” It was an add-on to what made him not like her, not like the marriage anymore. “She was angry …...
View ArticleEntitled Confidence
Self-Confidence and Self-Worth It was early 1992. I was newly sober, only 28 days. I had just started a new job taking catalog orders in 12 hour shifts. I had needed a way to stay busy, distracted, and...
View ArticleIn The Moment
In the moment you made a choice. In that moment you showed me that you’d rather throw away all we had than face any responsibility or accountability for your actions. In that moment you showed me that...
View ArticleTeam Player
“When I was in college I played on the basketball team….” The familiar story always began with this, and served the teller to illustrate his own version of responsibility and showing up for the team....
View ArticleUnexpected Outcomes of Parenting
I just saw a post from a connection on Linkedin that she’s about to start the journey of parenthood and of course it brought up all the amazing, hilarious, awe-inspiring memories, but it also reminded...
View ArticleLeadership Lessons from Narcos Mexico
I recently watched Narcos Mexico and am still absorbing all the different lessons, stories, commentary from it. Product aside, the unexpected commentary on entrepreneurship and the role of...
View ArticleSunday Morning
A Jimmy Buffet song has the lyrics "there's a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning" but is there? Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Empty Chair
Getting through the holidays with the empty chair you left behind. Continue reading →
View ArticleIt hasn’t gone as expected
It hasn't gone as expected, because the expectations were wrong. Don't trust a bully, don't enable a bully. They lie. Continue reading →
View ArticleConsider the Source
Saying "Consider the source" is just another example of Toxic Positivity Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Cinderella Watch
I was about five or six years old and I remember being in the main Sears store down in Hackensack NJ with my dad, but I have no idea why we were there. I do remember looking at the Cinderella …...
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