My friend Florrie reminded me this morning that summer will be over all too soon (oouuff!) It got me thinking: how do we know if we're getting sufficiently relaxed, re-charged, and renewed? If you're anything like me, you're not getting enough vacation time, and you...
MONDAY BYTES — December 12, 2016 Ever feel like you’ve got a starved imagination? Like your creative flow is running dry? It's as though all you've been having is junk food and now you're craving healthier fare. I spent what feels like half the weekend in the holiday...
Need more holiday stress solutions? If you're like me, the holidays always wreak havoc. My regular schedule goes out the window, my productivity is trashed, and my sleeping and eating are likewise disrupted. With Thanksgiving over, you may be recovering from the...
MONDAY BYTES — August 25, 2014 My good friend Florrie reminded me recently that with "art music" concerts — just like the visual arts —not everyone "gets it." It's easy for musicians to lose sight of this, and to think that when it comes to appreciating music there's...
MONDAY BYTES – April 28, 2014 This past week I saw the Quilts and Color exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and it's a knockout. There's nothing like being stunned by color and pattern: each quilt has its own outrageous sensibility. For the viewer, it's...
MONDAY BYTES - January 7, 2013 With the start of the new year, many of us are hoping to get more organized, get more clear about our priorities. This is probably why my friend Florrie and I were talking about the life we'd lead if we knew we had only a finite amount...
MONDAY BYTES - April 2, 2012 Here's another shout out to my friend Florrie who gave me this great tip (thank you!) We'd been talking about to-do lists, how we were or weren't organizing our time and tasks, and trying to remember what's actually important. Florrie told...
MONDAY BYTES - February 13, 2012 My friend Florrie's taking a class in which everyone has to write his or her own obituary. It's a great exercise—and it can be played two ways. Version one: write as though you had just died and review the life you've led. Do you feel...
MONDAY BYTES - January 16, 2012 My good friend Florrie (thank you!) pointed this out to me recently, a hard truth about how coaching and professional development REALLY works. We'd been emailing about what moves people to action, and she wrote, "Did anyone ever cajole...
