I was having breakfast with my friends Dave and Kelly over the weekend. As we often do, we set out to solve the world’s problems. We were speaking about integrity and how important it is to business. I asked the question, “When we all have different standards of what is…
I have been reading recently from Creating Your Best Life by Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP and Dr. Miachael B Frisch. They reference a July 2007 article in the New England Journal of Medicine, which explores a Harvard study on weight loss. It shows that more than diet, exercise or sleep…
I was watching a Boston Legal rerun the other night with Nancy. In the scene, attorneys Jerry and Alan are realizing that they have been too busy to connect as friends. Alan laments that he never wanted to put work before friendships. Jerry replies, “Friendships are little like a backyard…
On a plane to Seattle recently I picked up a Psychology Today magazine. In an article on page 74, of the May issue, Karen Wright reports on money and the stress that many feel about money. In particular, she speaks of the money scripts we all have playing in our…
I just finished reading a book called the Art and Science of Communications by P.S. Perkins. In her first chapter, she speaks of “Intra-personal” communications. That is, what we say to ourselves and the effect that has on our days and our lives. I also just finished 8 hours of…
I was babysitting my 8 –year old Niece this week and we had a few hours to spend together so we took a walk along Cherry Creek. We got to a place that had great flat stones for skipping. Jailynn said she was “not very good at that”. I…
