Even though I make my living speaking for a variety of conferences, when I’m a typical conference attendee, well, I’m just not such a fan. If you’ve ever attended a conference or convention [...]
On this New Year’s Eve, I’d like to pose a couple questions: 1. Did you make a new friend in 2012? 2. Did you learn anything new about yourself? 3. Do you feel more emotionally equipped for 2013 [...]
Isidor I. Rabi holds a Nobel Prize for his work in physics. He was also head of the physics department at Columbia University, my alma mater. However, even with his renown and a connection that [...]
There are certain words I try not to use. Here are a few: Hate Deserve Stupid Dumb normal bad Language helps us define who we are. It gives us a frame for seeing and interpreting the world. Using [...]
As sad as it is, it seems every year or so, there is a college student who dies from alcohol poisoning. The loss of any life is sad, and we’re all still reeling from the even younger loss of life [...]
Short and sweet story here from one of my teenage Facebook friends. Her post said this: Just ran into my first grade teacher at Dollar Tree. She remembered me right away even though it’s been 11 [...]
If you’re reading this, chances are, you participate in social media. For me, it started back in the mid2000s with MySpace. Then came Facebook. Then Twitter, Then linkedin and google plus, though [...]
The Hottness has a really great saying: Do you want the relationship? Or do you wanna be right? In essence, this statement calls for compromise. Or maybe not, depending on how you take it. It [...]
As you may know, Marvelyne and I lived on the upper west side of Manhattan from August 2011 to June 2012. We’re always up for a year long adventure, especially in NYC which is our favorite city [...]
Like so many people, this afternoon, I’m glued to the TV reports coming out of the elementary school shooting in Connecticut. In these early hours while everything is still being sorted out, our [...]