“Why am I standing in a puddle of water?” The question came at the end of a marathon “cook” of pesto last weekend. Usually my husband prepares our winter supply in installments over the month of August, a little each weekend. But due to the July flood and an unusual amount of family travel, we …
In the past I was never one to read online. My only real feed was LinkedIn, which I am bored with – too many stores about the same things over and over – and this week, I branched out (or maybe twigged out). Here are some stories that fascinated me online: On Language Read these …
Earlier this year I met with a group of women who met to discuss where to take their careers next. The group specifically targeted women who had reached a certain age and were already successful in their careers. At the first meeting, I listened to the other women introduce themselves and thought, “These women are …
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Are you a fan of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock? In several episodes, he mentions in passing his Memory Palace. In each episode, we see him scrolling through a virtual screen of memories, reorganizing them, putting them together in different ways until the solution finally comes to him, seemingly out of nowhere. I thought the “Memory Palace” …
When I think about Talent, I think about the NY Urban Debate League, a local non-profit that helps teachers in under-served high schools create debate teams, teach their students to debate, sponsors debate tournaments, and sponsors attendance at mainstream debate tournaments. During the time that I volunteered with them, I saw kids, for whom school …
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