It is traditional to wear white. To make a garland of flowers for your hair. The children each carry a small basket of fruit decorated with flowers. We meet with the other families to celebrate, dance and sing the traditional songs and I am full of gratitude for the beauty of the tradition, but more …
I’d like to tell you a story. It’s about a particular woman, it’s about every person. It’s about me and it’s about you. It is a story about our stories. It was the first time that the thought arrived clearly and honestly. She wanted to die. It surprised her at first. And then she remembered …
So you sit down to the computer, you need to write some hot marketing copy for your latest service or product, and you are blank, not one decent phrase shows up that sounds original or compelling. You are deleting left, right and center – you just can’t find the right words. I have to admit …
Today, after almost six months without contact, I gave a courtesy call to a client, the representative of a wonderful organization that I’ve really enjoyed working with in the past. Are you in the car behind me, she asked. No, I laughed, should I be? She continued, you see, I’ve just turned off the highway …
I resisted it for quite some time. I have to admit that I was thinking, ‘it won’t help me so what’s the point?’ I have to admit, it was all what I could gain. I knew that a big part of business success is in being super-focused and able to manage my time well; not …