Fuck the Frog

Eat the frog?  I say “fuck the frog.” Practically every thought leader guru espouses the wisdom, “Eat the Frog First.” The idea is that if you do the hardest thing first — you know, that supremely annoying, irrationally irksome, bothersome bane of your existence thing — then it’s all downhill from there. Well, that might … Read more

Selling Trust is Easy During COVID-19

I understand selling trust. For 15 years, I sold executive search.   I sold an impeccable read of talent honed through years of Jewish Mothering and witchblood genetic evolution.  I sold a deep and wide research function the likes of which the CIA would envy. I sold a teeming database, a “little black book” which would … Read more

Peaceful Home? You’re Only 1 Post-It Note Away!

Do you want a peaceful home? For the past four years, my family has held a family meeting each and every weekend.  Sometimes it’s in-depth, gathered around the kitchen table unpacking a deep and difficult problem, sometimes it’s fast and furious, in an airport lounge waiting to come back from a trip and just doing … Read more

The Darkness Before the Light

It’s always 4:30 am. We’ve all done it.  We’ve all looked at the travel website, considered the long list of flight options, and thought, “Well, if I take the 6:00 am flight, it will be a rough morning, but at least I’ll be on the beach by lunchtime…” Most of us, noting that the ass-crack-o-dawn … Read more

Oprah Winfrey and My #1 Dream-mare

Oprah, can you hear me? Today I had a rude awakening morning. You’ve had these mornings, too. They are the ones where you are thrashing about in one of those nightmares that hides as a dream, and then suddenly — bam! — you bolt upright in your bed, blinking away the sleep, trying to piece … Read more

A Very Storybook Christmas

What’s your favorite Christmas ornament? When I was a kid, growing up Jewish, I adored the shiny, matching ornaments of the department store trees, twinkling with the glow of the holidays. This one was all silver! That one was all gold! I assumed this was how anyone and everyone would want to decorate their tree. … Read more

Women, Stop Being Too Nice

Ladies, I beg of you, stop being too nice. (Not a political post, just a political setting.) At the end of the Democratic debate last night, Judy Woodruff asked the candidates if there was a candidate on the stage to whom they’d give a gift, or from whom they’d ask forgiveness. The men talked about … Read more