GalleryOne Single Person
Every morning, at 6am, a waterski boat comes into view. I’ve got coffee, the afghan over me, and I’m watching the morning unfold from my front window on Williams Lake. Moments later, a […]
GallerySome Things Never Change
I’ve been thinking a lot about robots lately.
I’ve never been into science, it wasn’t exactly a subject I excelled in at school. But as I begin my next book, I want to understand what […]
Gallery3 Predictions from Women Leaders for 2017
Over last year’s holiday season, I visited Mary Ellen Brewington, a friend of mine, who along with her brother, runs a large beverage distribution company called Cherokee Distributing. As I was leaving, she walked […]
GalleryA Holiday of Hope
A Holiday of Hope
I find myself still staying away from election news, since I can’t understand any of it. But I was forced to take my head out of the sand. I run Communications […]
GalleryFour Words To Live By
“You can do it!” Those four words have a lot of power. We all need cheerleaders in our life to spur us on, to keep us in the game. But the best cheerleader […]
GalleryWorking for a Predator
You may have read about the notorious firing of Roger Ailes last week. Most in media know Roger, but if you don’t, he was the founder of Fox News, and he ran it […]
GalleryMemories of an Icon, Pat Summitt
About a dozen years ago, when Pat Summitt was collecting one NCAA Championship after another, her son Tyler and our son Andrew were playing together on a soccer team. Pat would come to Tyler’s […]
GalleryOne Skill That Helps Both Work and Life
My husband loves stand-up comedy and we were watching Ron White recently. I noticed something he did that I’d never thought about before. Right before delivering the punch line, he paused. Like, drumroll, please. […]
GalleryOne Key (and Often Overlooked) Leadership Skill
Ben Zander, the famed conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and author of a sweet little book, The Art of Possibility, wrote of teaching kids music. He chipped away at his students’ anxiety over performing […]
GalleryA Snowbird’s Crash Landing: Lessons in Life
Bill and I rented a place near the beach for three months to try the “snowbird” lifestyle. In case you’ve never heard of it, the idea is to escape your crummy winter by heading […]