What experiences have prompted a sense of wonder and hope in your life? And where did those moments take you? It was 10:56 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969. I was eight years old, dressed in my pink pajamas, sitting in the living room with my older brother and parents, watching our big black-and-white television. […]
Feedback is an important skill but know how and when to deliver it is an important. I learned this lesson in my grade school in Queens during the annual valentire day card exchange. When I was in grade school, we exchanged little paper Valentines and placed them on our classmates’ desks. A boy named Doug […]
Parking, traffic, food, and Queens often serve as sources of inspiration for my articles and talks about communication, listening, and human connection. So it should come as no surprise that my Happy New Year’s social media post includes one of these elements. This year, I settled on a picture of the New York Pavilion from […]
The scene – I was sitting at my desk Googling “gratitude” poems and prompts to share with clients and LinkedIn contacts. Google search promptly sent back this response. “Themes for humorous gratitude poems could include”: Technology Fails: Being thankful for a slow computer or a bad Wi-Fi connection because it forced you to go outside […]
