Creative Success Depends on Long View
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What Does It Mean To Be An Adult?
Most people think they know exactly what it means to be an adult:
Pay all your bills on time, do your own laundry, and don’t get fired from your job. Or if you’re a little more rebellious, it may be something like: hire someone to [...]
Princess Leia Asks: Do You Have Grit?
Whether or not you were a Star Wars fan, there is no doubting the effect and influence of the Star Wars movies and the franchise.
After Carrie Fisher died, I was reminded of women’s status in our real world and the world of Darth Vader in [...]
Talons From The Sky: Coiled Scales On The Ground
Heading eastbound across southern California, the sun set low in the sky.
We looked for a campsite in the rocky terrain east of Joshua Tree National Monument.
“We better find a spot soon,” Sandi said.
“I’m looking, dear,” I said.
Up [...]
Did You Have A Bully-Free Holiday?
Matty was always the smaller kid.
He was smart, gifted with science, but smaller than his older brother, Tim. For some reason, Tim enjoyed the blood sport of picking on his brother, especially in front of company. Tim embarrassed Matty about [...]
Switching Emotions
A lot of people, from the looks of it on Facebook and other sites, are feeling many negative emotions seemingly from the fallout of our election process – emotions such as anxiety, anger, or gloom.
(Many other people are feeling elation, some [...]
When an Urban Legend Comes to Life: Sometimes a Unicorn is Real
Wikipedia tells us that an urban legend is a form of modern folklore consisting of fictional stories deeply rooted in local popular culture.
A unicorn is an example of urban myth as is ice cream with no calories. Some things just don’t exist.
At [...]
Can We Ever Find Unity Again?
At the moment, the answer is “probably not soon”.
As a nation we seem to be ideologically divided, pitted against one another by our conflicting beliefs and also by the fact that we’re not all in possession of the same types of information [...]
Avoiding Bullies In The Job Search Process
I have had the honor of speaking at the American Council on Education (ACE) Women’s Leadership Forums this fall.
The topic was reflecting on strategies to deal with bullies during career ascension. As we close 2016, and people think of new [...]
Inclusion v. Tolerance: More Than Food For Thought
Over the past year, higher education has had an intense national conversation about the need to diversify its faculty, staff and executive administration.
This time has long been coming, as a majority of the young people born are black, brown [...]
Podcast: Fascinating Facts with Dr. Knowledge
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Charles Reichblum, aka “Dr. Knowledge,” author of the new book The All-Time Book of Fascinating Facts. Charles produces the daily “Dr. Knowledge” feature nationwide on CBS Radio Network and has authored eleven books.
Fascinating [...]
Writing Historical Fiction
From my perspective as a viewer and historical fiction writer, the hot trend in entertainment right now is storytelling that makes history and historical periods come alive.
Below are a few examples demonstrating audiences’ current affinity [...]
Staying Sane In An Insane World
Is today’s world really insane?
Well, an argument can certainly be made for that. From confusion regarding candidates in a presidential race, to uncertainty over the validity of global warming, from aggressive actions on the world stage, [...]
For National Bullying Prevention Month- Is Your Brand NICE?
Yes, I realize I am tweaking a title from a recent Sandra Bullock movie… yet the phrase rings loud in my ears. Is your brand nice?
We all go through this world… a world full of political leaders who spend more time sniping than talking [...]
Difference Between An Average Life Vs. A Spectacular Life
Do you work a nine to five disinteresting job?
Do you watch four hours of television everyday after work? Are your weekends filled with powerboats, beer and grilled ribs? Do you lust for the thrill of the NFL season? Will you be remembered for [...]
You Can’t Always Know – Say Yes Whenever You Can
I tell my clients that good things happen when you increase your visibility.
The more you are in the spotlight, the more good things happen. I can’t tell clients exactly what will happen, but I guarantee good things of some variety will happen.
Recently [...]
Self Advocacy- A Key Component To Bullying Prevention
Margie was the new counselor in a relatively large campus-counseling unit. She was pleased to join the staff right after graduate school.
Her interviews went well and the supervisor was impressed with her credentials. She thought her career [...]
Loving And Living With An Addict!
One of the most difficult things anyone can experience is being attached or married to an individual who has an addiction—alcohol, drugs, gambling…pornography!
Not only is it hard to see the individual you care about destroying their lives [...]
Resilience: What About the Guy Pushing the Rock Up the Hill?
I think we all remember the guy pushing the űber-big rock up the hill only to watch it roll back down again.
His name was Sisyphus and he was repeating this action for eternity because he had upset the gods big time. Why? For being so full [...]
How Creative Are You?
Are you creative in business?
There are a lot of successful businesses but all businesses do not flow out of the creative model. There are innovators -the creatives. And there are improvisationalist – the copiers. Both have a place in [...]
Post: Meet the Machine of My Dreams: We Met at Saks Fifth Avenue
We are all familiar with the charging stands for our beloved phones and I-pads. We covet cord space that is unowned by another phone. Then we stand there guarding our smart whatever like a Rottweiler guarding its food bowl. Secretly we repeat [...]
The Sign in Front of You: Are You Missing What is Right in Front of Your Eye?
It’s Complicated.
After hosting a Saturday event at my office, I had limited time to get to a fundraising GALA. Let me just add at this point to the story, an expensive GALA where the most worthwhile time is the cocktail hour when the networking [...]
I’m Addicted to Social Media – Help Me
I’m a Social Media Addict – Help me
Social media is the drug of choice for the millennial generation. Don’t believe it’s a drug? See if this describes you – compulsive need for social media, habit forming computer or posting actions, [...]
5 Communication Perspectives from the RNC
As a quasi-journalist I was able to attend the RNC.
As a Communication Expert, speeches are my oxygen. It doesn’t even matter if the speech is on something I know or don’t know, such as ions or electrons. I still love to hear speeches, critique [...]
Olympic State of Mind
Olympic State of Mind
This week the world descends on Rio De Janeiro for the Summer Olympic Games. The pageantry and excitement hold the attention of the world for the two weeks that world class athletes compete for some of the loftiest accolades [...]
Staying Centered in Troublesome Times
With the headlines pounding us with disasters, and a friend or relative opposed to us in political views, and with continuous natural disasters or bad ecological news, it’s hard not to feel affected.
Even those who live far from the area of [...]
The Glass Ceiling is Replaced by the Glass Shoe
We have all heard about the glass ceiling.
Whether you believe it exists or not, you have heard about it. For those unfamiliar with the term, the glass ceiling is defined as an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, [...]
It Happened To Elvis Presley: Infidelity & Betrayal
Over the years, one of my friends married a beautiful woman and fathered two boys.
He shared his pride with me as they grew to become men. I watched their pictures fill the entire front of his refrigerator. His boys adorned the walls of the [...]
A Marmot’s Words: “Welcome To My World!”
Verdant green lodge pole pines blanket the Mount Holy Cross Wilderness region.
A cobalt sky profiles rolling mountain tundra while gray rock peaks push against the universe. In the valleys, snow-fed sparkling rivers cascade over boulders, while [...]
Campy was Right, I was Wrong and LeBron was Somewhere in the Middle
I often talk about sports. I refer to examples in politics too. The main reason I talk about both is that they are such public examples of effective and less than effective communication.
Sports is a public example of protecting one’s value [...]
Podcast: Celebrate Life
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Marcello Pedalino is a three-time national award winning DJ entertainer and lifestyle consultant, where he advises individuals, groups, and organizations on how to enhance their current fitness, style, and overall wellness status. Marcello [...]
Two Social Media Trends Show Hope and Optimism
Two trends I’ve noticed for some time on social media give cause for well-needed hope for society.
One is a great and growing kindness towards the entire animal kingdom, and the second is unphotoshopped evidence of incredibly precocious children [...]
Public Speaking: The Next Generation
Considering the brain-rotting influence of text messaging, video games and TV in all its current incarnations, I thought I might have to enter the 5th grade classroom on Career Day riding a unicycle and juggling Persian kitties.
Instead I tried [...]
For You or From You: Good Enough Isn’t Enough to be Great
This hotel was like the little engine that could . . . it kind of could, it almost could, and it just couldn’t quite.
Recently we stayed at a different hotel than we usually stay at while visiting family in Santa Monica. The location we usually [...]
Podcast: For the First Time on Television
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Garry Berman is a pop culture historian who has written several books covering a wide range of topics related to entertainment history. His new book For the First Time on Television, details over 100 “firsts” in the [...]
Podcast: Hug Your Haters
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New York Times best-selling author Jay Baer’s newest book, Hug Your Haters, focuses on how, where, and why people complain about the service they receive. Written as a response to the rise in online complaints, Hug Your Haters [...]
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