Posted in books, career, malcolm gladwell, passion, success, work, work ethic on November 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Malcolm Gladwell just released a new book, Outliers. He takes a look at the lives, circumstances, and personality traits of remarkably successful, productive people who make a significant impact in the world. One point that I found particularly interesting is his views on intelligence and diligence. A certain level of intelligence and education gets an [...]
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Posted in Christmas, economy, holiday, retail, shopping on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two girls shot in a California Toys R Us; a temporary employee, likely someone who needed the extra money in this economy, trampled to death in a Wal-Mart. All this after a raucous crowd ripped the doors off of the hinges. I was saddened and shocked to read this news late last night, particularly because [...]
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Posted in career, economy, government, New York City, opportunity, politics, relationships, thankful, thanksgiving on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that the food and travel of Thanksgiving have passed, I’m spending the morning eating leftover pie, drinking coffee, leafing through retail sales circulars, and considering all the things I am thankful for. Friends and family go without saying. This has been quite a year to date so items are making the list that have [...]
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Posted in charity, education, philanthropy, volunteer on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A contact from a recent networking event invited me to a graduation tonight. The graduates had just finished the All-Stars program as part of DSY: Development School for Youth. The group helps at-risk youth see and experience greater value for learning through performance-based education. You’ve heard this all before right? Get them to stay in [...]
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Posted in business, career, food, new product development, travel on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes my curiosity has hindered my life – just when I get going in one direction, any directions, I spot something else out of the corner of my eye and dart off to check it out. Some call this a lack of commitment or ADHD. I call it an uncontrollable commitment to learning. So match [...]
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Posted in friendship, history, movie, politics on November 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I don’t have HBO and missed out on the showing of John Adams. I read parts of the book by David McCullough when I was in business school. I took a class, on the Lawn, about Thomas Jefferson. Being a great Jefferson friend, then adversary, then friend again, John Adams had to be included. The [...]
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Posted in career, innovation, invention, New York City, product, product development, women on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A professor at my business school teaches a new product development class and her first set of advice to her students is, “if you want to create a new product, think about what gives you pain in your life. And then find a way to solve it.” Chances are if it’s causing you pain, it’s [...]
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Posted in Christmas, Disney, FAO, movie, Muppet, NBC, retail, shopping, Today Show on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I went out to Los Angles to call on Disney in June, I spent some time in the archives digging through old Muppet memorabilia. Like a kid in a candy store, I sat for a few hours with those materials wondering why in the world the brand has been dormant for so long. I [...]
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Posted in Chicago, exercise, friendship, health, marathon, New York City, Real Simple, running, theatre, wellness on November 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Several months ago, I submitted a story to Real Simple Magazine to answer the question, “Tell us about one of the most important days of your life in 1500 words or less.” I’m sure a lot of people wrote about their wedding day, or their kids bring born, a graduation. I wrote about the marathon [...]
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