“The first thing you learn when you’re blogging is that people are one click away from leaving you” is a quote attributed to Alex Tabarrok. Through more than a decade of blogging weekly and trying to keep people from clicking away until fully digesting what I’ve had to share, these are the lessons I’ve learned. […]
Five Minute Friday: STILL
Five Minute Friday: STILL Here is a stillness that I can’t fathom in any way, shape or form: the stillness of the lost lives of the children in Sandy Hook who were massacred six years ago. Also, the stillness of the migrant child who died after she and her father crossed the US-Mexico border seeking […]
Destroying Your Inner Critic by Serving a Creativity Soufflé
If cooking is your thing, think about the last delicacy you chose, shopped for, prepared and served. Each step differed, yet was an important component of the process. Choosing a recipe involves deciding whether the ingredients and preparation method will lead to an enjoyable dining experience. Shopping for recipe ingredients involves envisioning the final product […]
Five Minute Friday: BALANCE
Five Minute Friday: BALANCE Balance is misleading. Keeping balance looks like something that takes supreme caution — being exquisitely tuned to each breath, each movement, each thought. The irony is that balance takes a certain amount of letting go of all those microscopic “what if this doesn’t work?” types of thoughts. If you have ever […]
SmartBrief: My Favorite Stories (And Open Positions)
In October, I shared a post recapping my favorite SmartBrief stories among the briefs I edit. Since a little more than a month has elapsed, here is an update about my latest favorites. From ASPA (The American Society of Public Administrators) Opportunity Zones take another step as IRS releases rule proposal Why it’s so interesting: […]
Five Minute Friday: DEEP
Five Minute Friday: DEEP Here’s something I desperately need: a deep conversation. I’m not sure when that kind of thing fell out of my world. I suspect it was around the time I left my Healthy Kids job (four years ago). I do know, in retrospect, that the kinds of things you end up sharing when […]