Or, rather, how not to ask for help. Yesterday, my husband received an impassioned plea for help from his sister, who is caregiving for their elderly parents. The 2011 AARP policy document, Valuing the Invaluable, reported that women who care for older family members, spend an average of 20 hours per week doing caregiving responsibilities. …
I had a good night last night. Last night, I presented my 10th speech at my Toastmasters Club. The 10th speech, in Toastmasters, is a milestone speech. When you join Toastmasters, you receive a workbook that lays out the first 10 speeches that you will give. They progress in skill, from just getting up and …
Ifyou can raed this I am editing my work too mch. In my early career days, I was often dissatisfied with my job. I came to New York to be a Creative, to act, to write, and then I retreated into a retail job that eventually became a retail career. But I had some really …
Do you ever get tongue tied? When I was in 6th Grade, our history teacher who was from the exotic realm of New Jersey (so far from sunny Tucson), decided to teach us about the Constitutional Congress (yes, it was 1976) by having us act out a play that he may have written to teach …
Several years ago, I had a chance to visit the training facility of a large airline. It was a fascinating day, for a number of reasons. I was writing the other day about how office space design reflects and reinforces the company culture, and this place was another example. Our hosts for the day met …
