Leave it up to researchers at Harvard to prove the impossible:Email overload is good. Harvard study suggests email overload gives us a unique perspective This, of course, assumes that the amount of information you absorb doesn’t wear you down mentally and trigger depression (see New Economy Depression Syndrome.) Up until that point, though, the research …

A call, that is. In California, driving while talking on a mobile phone (without hands free) is illegal. Hurrah! I wish they would have legislated against driving while talking on a mobile phone even with hands free. It’s not so much that one hand used to hold a receiver is the issue, its the distracting …

For a few years, I’ve shared my story about the day I discovered the key to showing empathy to others. I shared it last week at a wealth management conference in San Diego and it resonated with the group — many clients were going through financial and emotional pain due to the recession. Relationship advice on …

When one of your biz partners (employee, vendor, coworker) is on his or her annual summer vacation – do them a favor and leave them alone! When I worked at Yahoo, I put my employee’s vacation days into my calendar to remind me to leave them off threads or BCC/CCs. When there was an email …