Thoughts on gifts, giving, and the King of Prussia Mall parking lot
I think I am mostly done with my Christmas shopping. I will triage this weekend and make sure that the three older kids all have …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Those long dark mornings
We are a mere four days from the solstice, which is comforting in a way (for those of us in the northern hemisphere, at least). …Read More
Notes from a year of working less
I’ve kept numerous time logs since 2009. In most of these, I have worked about 50 hours per week, and sometimes a bit more. I …Read More
Data vs. the narrative
While looking through some of my favorite business books of 2015, I re-read the chapter from Matthew Syed’s book Black Box Thinking on “Scared Straight” …Read More
Baby’s first haircut
The little dude is almost 11 months old. In addition to being linebacker-sized, his hair has grown at a rapid clip. I was tired of …Read More
Your favorite business/productivity books of 2015?
I'm working on a round-up of some of my favorite, or at least most thought-provoking, business and productivity books of 2015. This is somewhat challenging, …Read More
Quarterly goals: how did I do?
Last December I wrote a post with my quarterly goals for 2015. While New Year’s resolutions are grand, I thought that quarterly goals might provide …Read More
My birth-weekend
I celebrated my birthday on Saturday, but really it was a weekend-long string of activities. It was a mix of things that were fun for …Read More
Crossing an item off the summer bucket list, never mind the snow
I was in Chicago this week speaking at the Executive Women in Agriculture conference. It was a good group of women, and they were very …Read More
Stuff I do not want for Christmas
The holiday catalogs are starting to pile up in my house. I will recycle them eventually, but in the meantime, I enjoy paging through to …Read More