Posted in business, courage, entrepreneurship, yoga on May 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Courage means being scared to death…and saddling up anyway. ~ John Wayne Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher These two quotes were used by two of my lovely yoga teacher training pals, Vivian and Courtney, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I love animated films. It helps that my sister and her family live in Orlando, Disney-ville, where I spend a good deal of my vacation days. My brother-in-law, Kyle, is a painter so we spend a lot of time talking about art, animation, and film. Wired Magazine ran a short piece on Pixar’s secret sauce. [...]
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Posted in children, Disney, film, happiness on May 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After a 3 hour flight delay, I finally arrived in Florida to spend some vacation time with my sister, brother-in-law, and 2-year-old niece, Lorelei. I love how kids get so focused on a topic that they can’t think about anything else. My niece can’t get enough of her favorite flicks. The Princess and the Frog [...]
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Posted in decision-making, determination, future on May 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
About 3 years ago I moved back to New York City after business school, no job, no place to live, and barely enough money to get by. I had the gift of a very large blind spot that prevented me from seeing that about 6 months later the economy would unravel into the great recession. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This month Wired Magazine published a brief conversation between Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind, and Clay Shirky, crowdsourcing guru and author of Here Comes Everybody. The two discuss idle time, and the growing trend to use off-hours time for community good. Americans watch 200 billion hours of TV every year, but with [...]
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Posted in entrepreneurship, New York City, technology on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As a blogger I am constantly introduced to new, interesting people who are bringing their ideas to life. My friend, Erica Heinz, over at Yogoer.com recently introduced me to her friend, Sonpreet Bhatia, Co-Founder of My City Way. My City Way creates mobile phone apps that roll up 50+ hyper-local apps into a city-specific guide. [...]
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Posted in community, hunger, nonprofit on May 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.” ~ Mother Theresa My company sponsors MercyCorp’s Action Center to End World Hunger, a small interactive museum in Manhattan’s Financial District that helps individuals contribute to the cause to end hunger by giving whatever time they can – a minute, an hour, a day, [...]
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“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else. I’ve felt that many times. My hope for all of us is that ‘the miles we go before we sleep’ will be filled with all the feelings that come from deep caring – delight, sadness, joy, wisdom – [...]
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Posted in future on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Objects in the rear view mirror may be closer than they appear.” ~ every car sold in America I make lists for everything, and my favorite lists are those that describe things I want to accomplish. I like to see how they change and grow; I like to reflect on which items I accomplished and [...]
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