This week we tackle a reader request about going with the flow: “It’s easy when the current of productivity is strong, though when the waves are crashing around you or, the opposite, when the water…
Tag: Perspective
Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval. The older…
Expressing gratitude is an art worth practicing at home and in the office. It’s easy with people we already care about and enjoy working with. I don’t think you need any tips on that. Rather,…
Part of the thesis for online mentorship is encouraging more inter-generational conversations. While high-minded, we acknowledge that there could be many reasons why your Baby Boomer co-worker just doesn’t want to talk. Case in point:…
Nobody . . . took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me. The Nobel Prize…
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Be less curious about people and more curious about…
When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around…
There are so many reasons to quit a job: a micromanaging boss, boredom, burn-out, or all of the above and then some. Yet, as adults, we have a responsibility to take care of ourselves. So…
