Creative Success Depends on Long View
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Social Media Success Linked To Basic Communications Skills
Social media isn’t new, but it’s probably a lot older than you’d imagine.
Think ancient drawings etched in rock and shared cave to cave. Think Flinterest.
The challenge for communications professionals who remember TV before 1,200 channels [...]
Buyer Beware: Is It A Distrustful Or Distasteful App?
Malicious applications.
Categorized as viruses, they are generally developed by criminals with the intention of gathering personal information to commit some form of identity theft.
Currently, there are upwards of approximately 40,000 malicious [...]
Rutgers Players Didn’t Need Bullying
Look no further than the earnest face of Louisville guard Kevin Ware to learn the real lesson of the Rutgers basketball fiasco.
Ware, you’ll (painfully) remember, is the player who crashed to the ground with a compound fracture so gruesome, [...]
Have You Lost Your Enthusiasm?
Have you ever had one of those days?
When it seems like your enthusiasm and energy has gone AWOL and you can not seem to get it back?
There is no doubt that you know you have enthusiasm when sparks fly and you get all fired up about something [...]
March Madness Lessons Transcend Basketball
Want to learn how to speak in public, turn negative to positive, or handle an aggressive reporter?
Watch a few of the savvier March Madness coaches.
Want to meet a spectacular athlete whose most impressive gift will never show up in the stat [...]
Do You Ever Feel Like A Juggler?
Have you ever tried to juggle some balls in the air?
One thing you learn fairly quickly is that you have to keep one eye on the balls at all times. Once the balls are in the air, you can never afford to look away. The secret to good juggling [...]
“Help, My Child Is Drowning In Worksheets”
I recently met parents of a kindergarten child named Cameron who is showing all of the signs of early school struggling.
As parents will often do, they brought in sample of the child’s work. They showed me worksheets that Cameron has had [...]
Don’t Be So Naive – NOT!
Ever been told you’re too naïve?
Webster’s Dictionary defines the word as “being marked by unaffected simplicity” and “showing lack of informed judgment”.
Having been told for many years that I’m too naïve, I have always blushed [...]
Love Vs. Anger
“It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.” – Wayne Dyer
Lately, my cross-cultural married clients have been struggling with compatibility [...]
The Midlife Sage: Dealing With Death, Taxes, And Independence
Are your taxes done?
Does your accountant begin to have seizures when you come to your appointment? Are you promising that this year you will do a better job of keeping accurate records so you don’t need to frantically search for documents [...]
Alzheimer’s: Relentless, Costly, Incurable
This year 450,000 Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease will die.*
A number that large is hard to understand, so let’s cut it to, say 40. That’s roughly the number of people I saw a few months ago when I visited the wing of the south [...]
Good Friends & Best Friends
Sometimes in life it is hard to keep up with all the latest customs, like BFF, good friends and best friends.
There seems to be such a difference between them.
A good friend will tell you what you want to hear. A best friend will tell you [...]
What Does Healthy Look Like?
The doctor says, “According to my chart, you should be weighing in at 150.”
Then you ask. . .”But why?” The doctor hesitates and then calmly tells you the risks of not losing weight. You are still puzzled by this fact and so you [...]
Midlife Sage Says: Let’s Discuss Kegels, Incontinence, And Crazy Caballeros
There is a reason most middle-aged women don’t ride on galloping horses, jump on trampolines, or finish a set of jumping jacks during exercise class.
We wet our pants. Throw in a simple sneeze and it’s all over, literally. Even [...]
Have You Ever Met The “Curious You?”
Curiosity makes our mind active instead of passive.
It makes our mind observant of new ideas and opens our mind to new experiences and possibilities. It most definitely brings a sense of excitement into our life.
Waking up each day excited [...]
Stop, Think And Connect On Public Wi-Fi
OnGuardOnline.gov, co-managed by the Federal Trade Commission, is the federal government’s website to help you be safe, secure and responsible online.
OnGuardOnline.gov is a partner in the Stop Think Connect campaign, led by the Department [...]
Spring, Where Are You?
I have Spring on my mind.
How about you? About this time of year, I start to get antsy to see all the budding flowers and trees, a lot more sunshine and definitely be able to spend a lot of time outside in the fresh air.
It is fun to just [...]
When Smart And Social Don’t Mix In A Relationship
We’ve all heard the phrase “opposites attract.”
But what happens when that happy union of opposites starts to rub you the wrong way? At my Soul Blazing Sanctuary, I often work with couples where one person is very intellectual and not [...]
Spectacular Social Media Blunders & The Lessons Learned
Remember the days when getting angry meant writing a letter, putting it in a drawer, re-reading it next morning, and only then deciding whether to send it?
Well they’re gone, same as rabbit ear antennas, carbon paper and eight tracks. Social [...]
The Midlife Sage Says: Enjoy A Family Vacation Without Drama Or Trauma
You’ve seen the advertisements.
They feature glossy photos of deliriously happy families laughing together on vacation. Keep in mind that these people are paid strangers and will never see each other again. For a sobering reality check, remember [...]
Yahoo, Best Buy Pull Plug On Telework
Want to be a reporter but hate the idea of a noisy newsroom?
Get in, get known, and get yourself assigned to a bureau. That’s how I worked it for years, first covering North Tampa, the state legislature and finally Washington for the Tampa [...]
Your Idea Of Happiness May Not Be Your Partner’s
“Hey, let’s go to the mall and pick up a few things,” she says.
“Na,” he replies. “I want to fix up my tools. Outside work coming up before you know it.” She drives off – a little disappointed that it’s the weekend, and [...]
Inquiring Minds Want To Know: Got Any Passion In Your Life?
Is it possible that you may be living a life of passion without even recognizing it?
You didn’t choose to like what you like, you happily discovered it. The same is true for all of our passions in life. Sometimes, our passion sneaks [...]
Models, Comics And Hamburgers: Look Past The Packaging
A friend of mine is in consumer packaging.
That is, his firm helps companies sell more stuff by bringing their products to market in snazzy boxes and cartons.
He says people are drawn to things you’d expect: eye-grabbing packaging that’s [...]
DC’s Homeless Find Creative Shelter At Miriam’s Kitchen
It’s the hands that you notice first.
Hands that spend much more time outside than in, and which are chapped and a little raw, not what you’d want to begin expressing yourself with paint and palette.
Inside the church basement, most grab [...]
YOU Are Something Special!
Do you have any idea how special you are and what a blessing you are to so many other people?
You probably don’t know how many lives you touch each day just by being YOU. There are so many things you do each and every day and the best [...]
Too Busy Being Frazzled Instead Of Dazzled By Your Life?
So many people today are just so busy.
They are so busy with their lives that they never feel happy with the small joys that come each and every day. When we are stressed, it is very hard to relax and try to sort through the clutter that surrounds [...]
On Zombie Pigs, Aliens & ADHD Boys
There are competing agendas out there within the professional realms that I operate.
On one hand there are the parents and the schools trying to get a segment of the population (ADHD boys) to get on track and be connected to the mandated curriculum. [...]
The Midlife Sage: The Fun Of Falling In Love At Fifty
Falling in love.
Nothing screams “pathetic loser” more than being a middle-aged divorcee alone at a festive party where beautiful couples are trading sloppy kisses and giggling like demented clowns. There’s not enough spiked punch in the [...]
Finding Your Way To Happiness!!
I have learned over the years that I am 100% responsible for my own happiness.
Happiness is a state of mind that is nurtured by choices and habits, not by anyone or anything material. Books, writing, good friends and good conversation makes [...]
Uninsured Motorists
A tragic situation.
Two weeks before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, I received a call from a woman, let’s call her Mary Brown, saying that her husband, Bobby, a hurricane hunter in the United States Air Force, had been involved [...]
Doing The “Right” Thing
The right thing.
When you were a little kid, chances are you were taught “right” from “wrong”: stealing a toy is wrong; telling the teacher that your dog ate your homework is a lie and wrong (unless your dog really did eat your work!). [...]
The First Apartment: Hindsight Is 20/20
I have a lot of friends who, at one point or another during college, considered transferring schools.
Some just thought vaguely about where they might go, but did not actually apply. Others took their considerations farther and filled out transfer [...]
Traveling With Children
Independence, freedom, and risk.
I have traveled to over fifty countries in the past twenty years, a point of pride that came from choosing an alternative lifestyle– one of independence, freedom, and risk. These qualities have always been [...]
Carnival’s Cahill Salvages PR Triumph
Don’t you wonder about that first call from the Carnival PR team to the CEO?
Um, Cap, problem in the Gulf.
What time is it? And don’t call me Cap!
The Triumph’s stranded; 4,000-plus on board. CNN’s leading with “busted toilets, hot [...]
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