Making bold progress one story at a time.
Fifty years ago today I was called to the office of the Dean of Women first thing in the morning. As I was sitting down she said, “I have bad news.” I said, “Is it my mother?” I don’t know where that came from. It was my first thought and it was true. Agnes Williams Spencer Sumner had been killed …
I designed my first time management system when I was in my 20s. It was called Frieda and Rita’s How to Be Incredibly Popular Datebook, co-created with my beloved friend, Rogene Manas. We made it as a Christmas gift. I no longer have a copy of the finished product, it was lost in a move over the years, but my memory of …
I owe you guys a note, and I don’t have inspiring original thoughts at the moment so I’m going to share a couple from Taylor Pearson, a smart guy I follow, who always has interesting things to say. This week he shared this list of questions to ponder at the end of the year (pretend you’re Chinese). He says, “Here …
I brought this year in wearing sequins and singing with a hot jazz band. Tonight I’m thrilled to be wearing jammies and eating homemade pizza while watching the Avengers. I couldn’t be happier. We’ve had a lovely month of music-making and festivities with friends. My heart is full. During this year I turned my professional focus to coaching full-time. I …
This is about lengths we go to avoid giving ourselves what we truly want. We live in an apartment that was built 100 years before Columbus was born. It’s been fixed up a bit since then, but not entirely modernized. When we first moved here in 2011 there was no hot water in the kitchen. We “solved” that by adding …