Jan 16, 2012 | Business and Entrepreneurship, Crafting Your Career, Life, Organization+Strategy, Professional Development
Sometimes my Grandpa says I work too hard. I try to tell him that my work is not the same as work used to be. I work late. I work early. I take breaks in the middle of the day. He points to the clock. It’s 6’o’clock, he says, wobbling over his cane and tapping on the...
Jan 8, 2012 | Annual Review, Motivation
What a year. First, a huge thank you for everything and everyone wonderful from December: it was the surprise ending to an already-unforgettable year. I was blown away by the shout-out on Pro Blogger and the response to the recent Do Something: Slide Share...
Dec 20, 2011 | Annual Review, Crafting Your Career, Motivation, Things-That-Could-Turn-Into-Books
I’m sitting on an airplane, staring out the window, reflecting on the year past and how quickly it seems to have gone by, and thinking about all the adventures I’ve been on. December is a time of pause: we can stop and look back, and, if we really do our...
Dec 9, 2011 | Annual Review, Travel
I’d like to interrupt the middle of winter for a short escape to the pure life: la pura vida, costa rica. This past week I spent living in Costa Rica with a group of six women for an entrepreneur’s retreat. For many people, particularly small-business owners or...
