My email box is overflowing with COVID-19 updates, resources, responses and even cures. Sigh. How the world has shifted. Still, I know like I know that while this pandemic is in many ways the worst of times, it will also usher in the best of times. Communities will bond together, virtually. Families [...]
Tis the season for making promises and keeping them. And for cleaning up any communications that need some housekeeping. The Four Agreements is a powerful book by Don Miguel Ruiz. Here are the Four Agreements... Be impeccable with your word. Don’t take anything personally. Don’t make assumptions. Always do your best Let's [...]
My husband, Hotrod, and our son, Max, have never had a cross word. Pretty amazing, right? We won the lottery when it came to Max. He is a fine, funny, honorable, smart, kind and caring young man. And, Hotrod has always appreciated him and enjoyed spending time with him. The two of them are different [...]
This is my happy place! Ocean City, New Jersey. My family has been vacationing in South Jersey, well, since my mom was 4 years old...and Yai Yai is now 87. Yai, and I, and about 40 siblings, cousins and assorted family members just spent two weeks at the shore. It was great to hang [...]
When I was a kid, I often rolled my eyes when my mom (we call her Yai Yai) trotted out some un-asked-for advice. Now, I appreciate that she is quite a wise woman. What happened between then and now? I got older and I got humbled. I've considered what's important and what I could let go. [...]
Hotrod and I had a three hour window at Laguardia Airport, while we waited for our son, Max, and his girlfriend, Jules, to arrive. We were all heading to a cousin's wedding in upstate New York. I was imagining that we would spend the time checking email and playing Words with Friends. Hotrod, however, lined [...]
When Hot Rod and I were first married, we lived in a cabin outside of Whitefish, Montana. It was 11 by 15 feet and the foundation was four, almost-flat rocks. We had all of $5000 between us and we contracted a well driller and a “diviner” to help us find – and hit – water. [...]
My friend and mentor, Al Levi, uses a powerful exercise to engage clients in business development. He asks, “Imagine this. You walk out the front door of your business, and cross the street. You decide you are going to recreate, makeover, your business. What, and who, do you bring with you?” Or do you decide [...]
Family businesses are the back-bone of small businesses in the United States. They comprise 80 to 90 percent of all businesses, and they face many heartbreaking issues, like divorce, succession planning, turf battles, and “why can’t you be more like your brother?” arguments. Chances are you are involved in a family business…or work for one. [...]
Yikes! Your wife (husband, parent, kid) may be keeping you from making money!
