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It Doesn’t Have to Get Lost in Translation
Walking down the steps of a tiny Tribeca restaurant earlier this year, about to meet Seth Godin for the first time, I wanted to die. Sweaty palms, dry mouth: the whole deal. I’d been reading his stuff for a few years, and I had an idea of who he was and what he was about.
Making Things Up is Good Work if You Can Get It
I was an English major nerd, so writing papers was, you know, fun. It was fun because I got to make stuff up. There was always this moment after I had read the book or poem or essay, when it was time to let the little piece of inspiration drop into my head, claim it
If Only It Was Like Taking Candy From Strangers
I’m having an inappropriate email relationship with someone. It started out innocently enough. But now, there’s coyness and innuendo. One of us is playing hard to get, and the other one has much, much higher expectations. I know that it won’t end well. His name is Raymond, and he is the accounts payable guy at
People In Cars Getting Ideas
It’s funny how you get what you’re looking for in the middle of looking for something else altogether. It happens all of the time. It’s just rare that we pay attention. Let me explain. Yesterday, I had a meeting that involved a long car ride: two hours in the morning and two hours in the
Zombies and Other Tricky Thoughts
For the past few nights, my four-year-old has been freaking out at bedtime. “I’m thinking of that commercial again, mommy,” he’ll say. It was a creepy fright-night type commercial that ran during Jeopardy last week, advertising a Halloween event at the local amusement park. It showed people turning into zombies and monsters while riding a
I Went to the Mountains to Live Deliberately
Yeah, I’m stealing from my pal, Thoreau, who went to the woods because he wished to live deliberately. But the dude was onto something with the idea of getting away from it all. That why I trekked out to Colorado a few weeks ago to spend a day with my business coach, the fantastic Darla
When Things Are Not What They Appear
A concerned dad. A frightened 4-year-old clinging to his leg. Attack of the stuffed polar bear! I love this picture I took of my husband and kid this past weekend during our visit to the (very amazing) Indianapolis Children’s Museum. Mostly, I love it because while it presents an image that is completely believable (daddy
Realizing High School is Made Up (20 Years Too Late)
This past weekend, I did something I swore for years that I would never do. I went to my 20-year high school reunion. The day I graduated, I decided that I never wanted to look back. It had been four years I didn’t enjoy (big hair, hormones, awkwardness), in an environment I didn’t enjoy (all-girls
The Problem of Oversharing
I once got cornered by an oversharer at a conference in Chicago. It started over pizza on Thursday night, and by Sunday morning, I knew every single bad thing her mother ever did to her. All I did to spark it was eat a lot of pizza: “How can you eat so much pizza and
