Posted on January 3, 2007
In this week’s video post, I share the story of a courageous and inspiring woman. She understood that people can only give their best, yet feel bad about their inability to control the final outcome. To let them off the hook is compassionate. Sometimes your troops are giving it their absolute all – it is …
Posted on January 2, 2007
At some point you need to draw a line in the sand between past and future and there is not better line day than today! I almost caught myself looking at to-do lists from last year (OK, last week) and just carrying them into my early January tasks. Bad idea! Many of the items have …
Posted on December 29, 2006
One of my life mottos is “readers are leaders”. I believe in reading great books from non-fiction and business to escape. They open your mind and deepen your empathy. One of my favorite subjects is great books. I loved to buy them, read them and recommend them. In previous posts I suggest that you read …
Posted on December 28, 2006
Every year we make New Year’s resolutions and those declarations drive our activities in January and sometimes through December. You can see the Diet books, stop smoking books and quit bad habit books all spiking on Amazon in early January. Why don’t we make resolutions that challenge us to magnify our strengths? Think about it. …
Posted on December 27, 2006
I’m back home from Texas, fresh from a family Christmas gathering. It was a long soujourn to snake it back from Bryan TX to the Hollywood Hills. The raw distance is overshadowed by the throngs of people also going from point A to point R. Most of them are filled with stress and artificial urgency. …
Posted on December 19, 2006
Thanks to everyone who has helped market my advice blog. I have doubled my traffic month over month and next year I plan on even more video posts. This blog gives leadership, business life, relationship and music advice. Every day you can come back to get one piece of advice that might enrich your life. …
Posted on December 19, 2006
I’ve always been raised to believe that there are certain days, or times of year, where you have a license to perform random acts of kindness. If it is someone’s birthday, you have a platform to show them how much they mean to you. If it is Christmas week, you have an excuse to give …
Posted on December 18, 2006
OK — This post might smart. A few years ago I was visiting Italy on behalf of Yahoo. I brought some nice sweaters for my hosts, complete with the Yahoo logo emblazoned on the front. When I presented these as gifts, I was schooled in the church-and-state line that a true gift doesn’t cross. My …
Posted on December 17, 2006
I got a Concord watch for my birthday from Jacqueline this year. I just love it. It makes me feel like I’m keeping time, in style. Over the last few years, I have developed an appreciation for watches as a form of expression — and not just function. If you are still trying to find …
Posted on December 16, 2006
When I originally lived in LA (early to mid 80’s) there was a vibrant rockabilly and punk country scene going on. Rank and File, X, The Knitters, Los Lobos and the Blasters were all happening. A few months ago I went on a search to find the song “Marie Marie” by The Blasters. Their CDs …
