Posted in Tibet, travel on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are many places that I dream of seeing, and then there are some that I feel would fulfill some of my life’s greatest wishes. Paris was one. Vienna was another. And then there was also South Africa. One that I have wished to see for quite some time is Tibet. The trouble is that [...]
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Posted in New York, retail on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had every career aspiration known to man. When I was in elementary school I wanted to be a paleontologist. When it was announced that Christa McAuliffe was going to be the first non-astronaut in space, I took that as a sign that I should join the space program. Doctor, engineer, attorney, film maker, naval [...]
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Posted in business, Marcus Buckingham, strengths, talents, work on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a big fan of management books and I consider it a personal mission to help people I know do what they’re good at. I also would not deny that I generally advocate for ignoring rules, other than ones that would land you in jail or are necessary to protect people’s happiness and freedom. Wrap [...]
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Posted in holiday, stress on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
While out shopping for others this holiday, the temptation is high to reward myself with a little something too. Rather than get myself something of material value for the holidays, I decided to do myself a big fat favor – I’m cutting stress out of the holidays. Seriously. I’m giving 13 holiday gifts, most of [...]
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Posted in dreams, work on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For years I have wondered about my weirdo dreams, which I have more often than not. They don’t make sense. They seem to be a manifestation of clumping a lot of the areas of my life together in a way reminiscent of Jackson Pollock’s painting style. Many publications have recently picked up this curiosity about [...]
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Posted in holiday, New York, retail, work on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our economy may be in for tough times. The growing number of labor strikes, unexpected bank write-offs, mortgage defaults, and mounting debt are enough to make us think the sky may actually be falling. No where is this worry more alive than in retail during the holiday season. The sheer dollar amount of holiday spending [...]
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Posted in happiness, worry on November 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Monica sent me an email for Thanksgiving with a simple message: “Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.” I had never thought of emotions as having a specific direction, though it makes sense. Sorry does have its root in the past, worry has us looking around to see how we are [...]
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Posted in books on November 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My latest blog favorite is omnivoracious.com. And it’s about – you guessed it – any topic under the sun, all centered around books and literature. They ask readers to send in pictures of their bookshelves for possible publication on their blog’s banner. People are what they read. So I took a closer look at my [...]
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Posted in happiness, writing on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I spend some time every day being thankful. Truly. I commute to and from New Jersey and despite the fact that I love NPR, there are times when the reception goes out or I am looking to just spend some time with myself. Because of our extremely warm autumn, there are still colorful leaves on [...]
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Posted in New York, retail, thanksgiving on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This year is the first time that I am ever spending Thanksgiving away from my family. They are all sunning themselves in Florida, and oddly enough, I am sunning myself on the Upper Westside of Manhattan. It’s as warm here as it is in Florida. Over 60 degrees tomorrow, and green leaves abound in Riverside [...]
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