Cheez-its for breakfast: Parenting and the fourth child
I would never claim to be the super-mom type. I have never made my own baby food, or fretted much about the material of my …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
When people want to ‘pick your brain’
At a talk recently, someone asked me for the best way to handle a high volume of people asking for informational meetings. You know the …Read More
It was not a typical day
Many things went right yesterday. I traveled to Nashville -- in and out in a day -- and did a speech and a small group …Read More
What I’m into, August edition
New month, new list. August tends to inspire a lot of "summer's almost over" laments (or cheers, depending on perspective), though around here, that's not …Read More
Books read in July
July started out slow in the reading department. I had a lag in the middle when I was reading a lot of magazines because I …Read More
I don’t work 98 hours a week. Do you?
If you want to know how many hours per week someone devotes to something, there are a few methods you can use. The first -- …Read More
Friday post: Deconstructing the week
This week has required me to use a lot of my time management skills. I felt like I needed to be more mindful of my …Read More
How not to be late
Last week I spoke with Jennifer Liu at LearnVest about the topic of promptness. Specifically, Jennifer's lack of punctuality. Why was she late everywhere? What …Read More
Trying to understand the phenomenon of Who Moved My Cheese?
"The best laid schemes o'mice and men often go astray." — Robert Burns Spencer Johnson passed away a few weeks ago. He trained as a physician, but he …Read More
Three kids, three camps
This fall, all three of my older children will be going to the same school. They will be getting on the bus together in the …Read More