It seems as if I’ve been seeing more and more articles advising us to avoid electronic devices in bed or at bedtime. Because I’m a word-game junkie, because I play Zen Word in bed on my i-Phone to help me relax before falling asleep, and because after I complete a level in the game, I […]
Have you ever paused midlife and quietly asked yourself: “Is there more I’m meant to do?” For many professionals in their 50s and beyond, that question becomes louder. After years of building careers, supporting families, and meeting responsibilities, a growing number of people are feeling called toward something more personal, meaningful, and fulfilling. The good […]
On the Friendship Bench last week, Mac Bogert and I shared stories of near-death experiences, both of which happened to do with water and near drowning. Since we both reported feelings of peace and serenity during our experiences, I wondered if the spiritual and mythological significances (they’re not different) of water may have had something […]
The story you’re about to read is true. The names haven’t been changed to protect the innocent because everyone in the story is innocent, some more than others. The telling of this story is inspired by my friend, Charlotte Wittenkamp, by whom I was moved to tell the first part of it in a LinkedIn […]
The University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging reports that 10% of people age 50 and older have no close friends. 48% have 1 to 3 close friends and 42% have 4 or more. Remember in high school when we may have had 10 close friends? What happened? Friendships are not self-sustaining; they require […]
I love reading spam emails for the same reason I love watching bad movies. They always make me wonder: Who wrote them? Did they actually make sense to whomever wrote them? Did the people who wrote them have any questions about them? Who released them? Did they actually make sense to the people who released […]
Just like our story, the original Christmas tales were stories of searching, not so much for the lost, as for the familiar. Mary and Joseph sought in Bethlehem — the home of their familial ancestry — a place to start their own family; the three kings from the East journeyed beneath the sentinel star to […]
First, I would straighten out the language. (Confucius, asked how he’d restore order to the world) I’ve recently come to two equally important conclusions: I need to relax more. If I were a director of a TV show, I’d carry a red card in my pocket like a soccer referee. Here’s why: Exhibit A Anne […]
Recently, my friend and fellow BizCatalyst 360˚ columnist, John Dunia, wrote a post called, “FREEDUMB”, in which he pondered the definition of freedom and its various interpretations and applications in the United States. John and I know we stand on different sides of the political aisle. We also know we respect and care for each […]
If you’re anything like me, you have days in which, on things you’ve seen a million times, you suddenly notice something you’ve never noticed before. So it was that Saturday morning, I reached for the box of Melitta Coffee filters for which I reach every day, more than once on most days. The word, German, […]
