Patience, Young Grasshopper, 2020 is Only One Week Old I don’t know about the rest of you but I’ve spent the first days of 2020 feeling discombobulated/stressed/blue. I’m thinking this is partly due to the additional hoopla surrounding this… Read More
Wishing You the Kindest of Holidays As Hanukkah and Christmas converge and Season’s Greetings fly, “Merry, Happy, Jolly, and Joy” are frequently in play—and all are delightful. Here in the land of Wow, however, we would… Read More
You Are, Among all People, Most Richly Blessed Hello and welcome to the beginning of the holiday season! For some, this time of year is a Hallmark movie, complete with cozy sweaters, warm cider, crackling fires and the… Read More
What Other People Think of You is None of Your Business Hello, hello, The title of this post is a quote that you can find attributed to everyone from Deepak Chopra to Paulo Coelho to Jack Canfield to Madonna… It came… Read More
Forget Their Shoes—Put Yourself in Someone Else’s Chair Last week, I received another great email via the “Ask a Question” button on my site. My correspondent had been moved to a new position—after being promised a promotion in… Read More
Need to Help Others (or Yourself) Problem Solve? Listen Like a Rubber Duck As my lovely and long-suffering marketing assistants can attest, my relationship with technology is love/hate (at best….) That said, I love learning new ways to help others solve problems, so… Read More
“It’s not a choice.” Or, The Gentle Art of Laying Down the Law Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sub for a friend who teaches nursery school (FYI: I am qualified to do this. I began my career as a nursery school teacher.… Read More
“Don’t Weaponize My Shame” This week I was speaking with a client who was feeling like a failure. “Am I ever going to get this?” she asked me. “Maybe I don’t have what it… Read More
Wow – I’d Love Your Help! (with “Social Scripts for Sticky Situations”) Hello, hello: Many of you have asked over the years, “When is the next book going to be ready?” While I love writing blog posts (and I LOVE receiving your… Read More
“I Shouldn’t Have to Ask”: A Fast and Easy Way to Send Yourself— and Others— Around the Bend I don’t know how many of you saw the September 27th piece in Harper’s Bazaar, “Women Aren’t Nags – We’re Just Fed Up” but here at Cole Media Management it… Read More