Tag Archives: Life

My short career in car sales has ended, and thank goodness for that. As my Honda CR-V‘s 10th birthday approached, I planned to buy a new car. I did my research, checking specs and prices online, and narrowed my choice to a couple of cars that offered good mileage, good performance, good looks and were [...]

Our basement was crowded with toys, games, puzzles, children’s books and more, the result of two sons, two sets of grandparents, multiple doting aunts and uncles, hand-me-downs from a dozen cousins, birthdays, Christmases and a house of people who keep everything. It was time to get serious about cleaning up, so we held a garage [...]

There is still debate about whether turning out the lights for Earth Hour makes a difference, but I think there’s no question. It’s done an amazing job of showing the power of individuals to make a difference. Nearly 4,000 cities were involved this year, up from 400 last year. (See a video of scenes from [...]

Could you do without your computer and your online life for a week? It’s an experiment I conducted last week, after dropping off my laptop for repairs and going skiing at Mont Tremblant, Quebec. My main clients knew I was away and all my projects were up to date. While at the resort, I didn’t [...]

Thanks to Donna Papacosta for pointing to these amazing photos of the inauguration of President Obama on Tuesday. Between a client meeting, travel and a deadline, I was only able to watch about 10 minutes of the live coverage and had to catch up with the news later.

So your Christmas bills are already coming in, your investments are still in the toilet and newspapers run nothing but doom and gloom. Why should you remain optimistic? Be inspired by these moving words from “Granny D,” 98-year-old Dolores Haddock: “Whatever comes, I do want you to remember that the hardest of hard times are [...]

My husband and I were talking recently about how when we first started looking for work, my friends and I really didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about what we wanted. The pattern seemed to be this: apply for all kinds of jobs; take the first one offered to you; count yourself lucky. Gradually, [...]

In a recent column talking about the panic generated by the state of the economy, Andy Wibbels said, “You only have so much control of the chaos swirling around you – how can you batten down the hatches and still lay the groundwork for something new?” His answer: “When sales are down and leads are [...]