I came home last night to find my husband watching the full CSPAN coverage of the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearings. He wanted to be fair, he said, and didn’t feel like he would have had enough information if he were a Senator being asked to vote. All the information in the media made him more …
Several times I’ve worked for people who were leading from a place of fear. There was the guy who basically knew he had his job only because of his relationship with his boss. He was afraid to allow anyone who worked for him to make decisions. At one point, he entered into an agreement with …
One of the dangers we all risk is getting trapped inside our own personal bubble. I noticed it yesterday in a conference call at work. A group of us were working through a kick-off agenda for a new project where we are the consultants. I asked a new member of the team – a person …
Sometimes the best pleasures in life are the simple one. Like when you slip into bed the evening of the day that you’ve done laundry, that first subtle feeling of “clean sheets” like a sigh. Or the joy you feel when you hear a certain song – you’re just walking along, lost in your thoughts, …
The other day I bought a homeless woman breakfast. I was heading to the (non-rainbow) bagel store for the obligatory dozen of NY bagels to bring as a hostess gift when visiting out of town family. I hadn’t seen this woman before and haven’t seen her since. She didn’t have a sign or ask for …
