Samantha Karol, the creative and thoughtful blogger behind Life is Like a Box of Chocolates, is running a guest post series around the topic of Appreciation. The topic, and her post encouraging all of us to participate, immediately spoke to me. I can’t think of a better theme to rally around. My post kicked off [...]
July 2009
I would love to start this post by telling you that I have mastered personal organization and productivity. Yes, I’ve read books. I’ve read blogs. I’ve attended workshops. But do I have it all figured out? No. Not even close. I do think there is value in sharing some of the systems that work for [...]
I’m excited to share that I was the guest speaker on a Webinar last week called “Generations in the Workplace: Gen Y in Action.” Whether you are Gen Y or you work with us (I think that covers almost everyone!), hopefully you will find value in the recordings. I give one key caveat: this doesn’t [...]
Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, [...]
I may be stating the obvious on this one. The painfully obvious. But it’s so important to me that I feel compelled to make sure you are in the loop too. It’s called a Keepers file, and everybody needs one. You’ll know a “keeper” when you see it – it’s an email, tweet or otherwise [...]
Editor’s Note: This post is written by Jeremy Orr with collaboration and editing from me. Jeremy does not have a blog (yet!) but you can follow his often witty and generally hilarious tweets here. Jeremy is a good friend I met in high school through the CA Youth & Government program. If you want to [...]
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