Corporate executive who say stupid things are making it easy for us to set sail on our own venture adventures. While I am angered by their behavior, I’m thankful for our ability to turn the situation around and invest in our own business ideas. When things are falling apart (corporate culture), pieces are often falling [...]
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Leap: A Big Thank You to the Gutsy Female Entrepreneurs of Rent the Runway, Corporate Idiocy, and a Mitt Romney Joke Told in Poor Taste
Posted in business, corporation, creativity, dreams, economy, grateful, gratitude, thankful on May 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Leap: Inspired by Tamar Adler and Frugality
Posted in books, cooking, eating, economy, personal finance on March 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
On my way to Austin, I became entranced by the prose of An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace by Tamar Adler. I knew I would. A few months ago I read an excerpt of her passion statement about food’s place and preparation in our lives and instantly I knew I’d devour it like [...]
Leap: The blessing of the recession
Posted in change, economy, gratitude, hope on January 30, 2012 | 4 Comments »
“Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.” ~ Eknath Easwaran I’ve been thinking a lot about lasting change. We’re much more often faced with changes that happen in fits and spurts, drop by drop. On occasion we get a chance to [...]
Beginning: My Features on Sour to Sweet, a Blog Focused on People Defying the Great Recession
Posted in blog, business, celebration, economy, hope, inspiration, writing, yoga on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lauren Murray is striking back against the idea that our economy has ruined all of us. Her blog, Sour to Sweet, is “my attempt to counterbalance the doom and gloom that’s already out there. Let’s celebrate the successes that, seemingly against all odds, have occurred despite the economic downturn.” Lauren reached out to me a [...]
Beginning: Now’s the Time to Begin – Recession Be Damned
Posted in business, economy, financing on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dear 38% of 18-34 year old American would-be entrepreneurs who are letting the recession get in the way of your start-up plans, I hear you! It’s scary to take your superficially safe day job and chuck it out the window in favor of your dream. If you’re dream fails, does that mean you fail? And [...]
Beginning: Passion, Planning, and Promoting in This Wild Economy
Posted in economy, money, passion, tagged postaday2011 on October 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to Saturday’s wrap-up, take 2! Thanks for your thoughts, ideas, and encouragement this week. Here’s how it played out: Make all the plans you want and be prepared to throw them out the window. If this wild ride on the economy slide has taught us anything it’s that flexibility, liquidity, and creativity are tools [...]
Beginning: Where Wall Street and the Occupy Wall Street Protestors Needs to Go From Here
Posted in creativity, economy, money, tagged postaday2011 on October 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We have a lot to learn from history. If we take a trip down Wall Street’s memory lane, we’ll discover that it was founded on the principle of creative destruction, the creation of new industries and companies that build better products and services than those we currently have. Instead, as Tom Friedman so eloquently stated [...]
Beginning: How to Understand the U.S. Economy for Free
Posted in economy, learning, tagged postaday2011 on October 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Over the weekend I watched the movie Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and it took me back into those scary days 3 years ago. I started working in the financial services industry in August 2008, 5 weeks before Lehman Brothers failed and our economy spun into a seemingly hopeless downward spiral. They were dark days, [...]
Beginning: Now I Know What Occupy Wall Street Wants and How I Feel About It
Posted in business, economy, tagged postaday2011 on October 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
My friend, Amy, sent me a link to a The 99% Declaration put together by the members of Occupy Wall Street. After reading through it carefully, I understand what they’re looking for as well as their goal. And now I know for certain that I am not a part of their 99%. I’m not a [...]
Beginning: I’m Not Occupying Wall Street. I’m In It and Trying to Change It.
Posted in choices, economy, money, tagged postaday2011 on October 18, 2011 | 11 Comments »
“Find a small stream in which your strengths can flow and then see if you can carve it into the Mississippi.” ~ Marcus Buckingham I am conflicted about Occupy Wall Street. So conflicted, that I have been conflicted about writing anything on the situation other than a tweet here and there. I certainly support everyone’s [...]
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