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Mar 16, 2017 Abandon Plan B: Ed Sheeran’s Formula for Success This past week I heard Ed Sheeran interviewed on the Howard Stern show. Regardless of what you may think of Mr. Sheeran’s music, I found one idea he mentioned regarding… Read More
Mar 9, 2017 Got Response? No? One Easy Way to Get the Response You Want These past few weeks I’ve been working with a client on his fundraising. One consistent change I have been making has been to the last line of his request letter.… Read More
Mar 2, 2017 The Importance (and Fun) of Being RISKsponsible I was speaking today with a friend who is thinking of moving from his townhouse in Philadelphia to a biodynamic “Earthship” in Taos, New Mexico. He mentioned that he had… Read More
Feb 23, 2017 Are You Sending Mixed Messages? This week’s “Wow” photo comes from a local Stop sign that—in context—makes perfect sense: it is located at the exit to a nearby garden center; hence, it’s green. Seeing it… Read More
Feb 9, 2017 If You Can’t Fix It, Feature It The first time I heard this phrase was at a cocktail party. Someone said, “Group picture– look this way!” The gentleman next to me said, “I do not like having… Read More
Jan 26, 2017 How to Be a Hero (Hint: Incrementally) The January 23rd issue of the New Yorker included an article by Atul Gawande entitled “Tell Me Where it Hurts.” If you have time to read the entire article, I… Read More
Jul 7, 2016 “You’ll Never Be Better than You are Today!”: Helpful Lines for Awkward Moments Was it just me, or did you find the 5-day holiday ‘weekend’ overwhelming? By its end, I was more convinced than ever that naptime is something that should be required… Read More
Jun 30, 2016 If You’re On Time, You’re Late I was blessed to spend last week with my yoga teacher, Paramaguru R. Sharath Jois. As you can see from the photo, I was not the only one in attendance.… Read More
Jun 2, 2016 A Goal for Imbeciles This past Tuesday I was listening to a review on NPR of a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City called “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible.” It is… Read More
Nov 23, 2015 The Power of ‘Assigning Praise’ (In Other Words, Say “Thanks”) With the national holiday of ‘thank you’ just around the corner, it seemed an appropriate time to take a moment to consider the power of this simple phrase. Thanks (pun… Read More

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