Why I terminated our family au pair
In August, our family welcomed an Au Pair from Italy who was supposed to be with us for a year. With a busy household of three young kids with many ...
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How I started taking unplugged vacations
In mid-August, our family took a ten day vacation to Nashville where we stayed on a 200-acre working ranch with horses, a pool, and a spotty internet connection. If it ...
An overlooked quality for getting ahead
Every summer as a teenager, I worked for a family business in my small hometown in upstate New York. I would work the morning shift at the ice cream stand, ...
How to build your confidence as a leader
I’ve heard about the benefits of meditation for years, and about seven years ago, I bought a book on how to meditate. It sat on my bookshelf for several ...
How to manage your emotional hot buttons
I had just returned from a rare weekend away with friends when I walked into my house to find a mess–clothes all over the floor, living room pillows ...
Do you need a leadership detox?
I love this time of year—warm weather, flowers are blooming (unless you’re in the Northeast!) and Cadbury Cream Eggs are available in stores. I have a weakness for ...
The myth of multi-tasking
Last week I almost burned my kitchen down. In my quest to get all the important things done on my list, I was working on several things at once. Although ...
Five signs you have a mediocre culture
A lot has changed over the past thirty years–we can jump on Amazon and have anything delivered to our door in a day, we have hundreds of channels ...