Step Out. Step Up.
On my early morning walk yesterday, I watched a jogger stop mid-gait to stare at a turtle crossing the two lane road in our neighborhood. This is the turtle’s job – to crawl slowly from place to place. But Mr. Turtle hadn’t picked a great time of day to start this challenge. With a good [...]
Ben Stiller hit the talk shows last week promoting his new film, Greenberg, using a clip that made me pause – as the advertisers obviously intended.
Playing a single, 40ish man at the crossroads of his life, Stiller responds to his friend’s lunchtime quip, “Life is wasted on the young,” with a more contemporary version than the originator [...]
My husband, Herb, freaked out the other morning when his mobile phone went down to two bars. He yelled obscenities at the phone, hoping it would heal itself from whatever malady it suffered. Later that afternoon when his computer displayed e-mail in a new format, he flipped out – big time. I listened as he raged and insisted [...]
When it comes to defining “work,” Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek (Expanded and Updated, 2010) offers this definition to Max Chafkin, senior writer at Inc. Magazine (March, 2010):
Work is an activity that is financially driven or one that you’d like to do less of.
I confess, on certain days, my work falls squarely into [...]
Need help with your promise keeping?
Based on personal experience and scholarly research, Dean Karlan, Economics Professor at Yale and Co-Founder of StickK, envisioned an online ‘Commitment Store’ where people would come to sign contracts obliging them to achieve their personal goals.
StickK is a concept based on two well-known principles of behavioral economics:People don’t always do [...]
Years ago NYC-based The Learning Annex called to see if I’d be interested in teaching a class called overcoming procrastination described as “one of our most popular in the city.” Atlanta (my location) would be a good spot to try to recreate this adult education success.
I said yes. I love to teach, plus I was [...]