Cooked and cooking fast
I recently read -- and mostly enjoyed -- Michael Pollan’s book, Cooked. It’s more in the mold of The Omnivore’s Dilemma than his preachy Food …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
The pre-game ritual (a time makeover)
Several months ago, I put out a call for time logs for a time makeover project I was doing for the paperback version of What …Read More
Journey through the check-out racks
City Journal recently published my feature on women's magazines from 1963 and today, called "Journey through the check-out racks." Women's lives, and what women expect …Read More
Millennial women and ambition
I spoke at a Forte Foundation conference this past weekend to a group of female MBA students. This organization seeks to support women in business, …Read More
Dealing with a workaholic and her 100-hour work weeks
Laura's note: I'm taking a short blogging vacation. During this time, I'm running some guest posts and pieces from the archives. A version of this …Read More
What did (or will) you do with the 2016 hours of summer?
Laura's note: I'm taking a short blogging vacation. During this time, I'll be running some guest posts and pieces from the archives. This essay originally …Read More
How you know you’re in the flow
Time is elastic. Even if we think we’re busy, we often have hours that can be redeployed to other priorities if we wish.I was reminded …Read More
The ultimate man cave? A home office
Laura's note: This piece originally ran at the Huffington Post for Father's Day in 2010 It's Father's Day this week, which means stores are bracing for …Read More
How Jane (or John!) works 55 hour weeks, and sees the kids
One reason, it’s said, that women don’t pursue “big” jobs is that “big” jobs leave no room for family. Even people with superb feminist credentials …Read More
The parent card: Is this really an issue?
In any given organization, some people are slackers. Others, perhaps, work hard, but don’t care about working visibly hard. Some people are more efficient than …Read More