Is it just me or does it seem like the entire world is stressed out and "sooooooo busy," not to mention curt in their e-mail responses, if they respond at all? And I have learned to address one and ONLY one topic or question in...
This blog nearly ruined my weekend. Seriously. Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE writing to you. PBE loves writing to you. But the problem is that these blogs tend to be written over the weekend. Why? Because the weekend is open. There's headspace. There's...
I love what I do. I really really do. But it wasn't always this way. I remember when I was in college, I landed a summer job at NY Life Insurance. A "good" job, which paid well and had promise for a full time position when...
Ok. I know this sounds a bit like an oxymoron to suggest improving your productivity by working less, not more, but stay with me here. I was as stuck as a person can be on a big project that had a looming deadline fast approaching....
When was the last time you did nothing? Really did nothing. And by that we don't mean you are doing nothing while fretting about the fact that you should be doing SOMETHING. We mean really kicking back, relaxing and recharging your battery because in today's...
If New Year's resolutions work for you, then great, please carry on and get busy now that 2014 has rolled around. However, if you find that you approach New Year's resolutions with gusto, only to fall down on meeting your goals and setting up this...
Recently, I had lunch with my cousin who was rightfully boasting about his two super achiever sons. Both still in school and busy with competitions, internships, puling down straight A's, special interest activities, school politics and the list went on. My cousin turned to me...
It is easy for us to associate stress with struggle. We all know that things like too much work, not enough time, being constantly tethered to our devices, not enough sleep and eating junk foods will stress us out and take it's toll. We also...
Why does anyone join a gym? To tell your neighbors and friends that: (1) you realize you are getting (have gotten) soft in the middle;(2) you want to be more like them (if they go to a gym); (3) you think you are a step...
They say that 50 is the new 40. I don’t know who “they” are but my hat goes off to “them”. Of course, this another way to advance the hopeful canard: “you’re not getting older, you’re getting better!” However, I think Bob Seger said it...