As we close 2007 there’s little hope that interest rates will change much in the coming months. Various economic indicators such as the Producer Price Index and retail sales numbers came in better than expected this week. Consumers are spending despite the housing market jitters. Hey, it’s the holidays. But what’s to come next? A new movie aims to tackle some of the unanswered questions around money.
The holiday season is billed a joyful time by a lot of what we see and hear around us. The decorations, cheerful music, gift giving etc. It’s the fun kind of sensory stimulation that takes our minds off the daily workload – even for a little bit.
But in our 24/7 world, we are still bombarded with sensory overload which impacts our minds, hearts and bodies. That’s why it’s a good time to cultivate resilience techniques to release what needs to go from 2007 – and recharge for next year.
Barbara Biziou has spent decades exploring spirituality from a practical perspective. She’s dedicated her work to “buliding a bridge between the material world and the inner need for sacredness.”
In her book, The Joy of Ritual: Spiritual Recipes to Celebrate Milestones, Ease Transitions, and Make Every Day Sacred, Biziou dreamily ties our inner and outer lives together toward meaning and purpose. A well known speaker on women and success, her material is thoughtful yet easily put to use in our 24/7 business marketplace.
A quick examination of my upbringing doesn’t exactly put me in the business category of entrepreneurship. My childhood was sans business acumen. My mom was an opera singer turned psychotherapist and my dad – a former high school administrator – had a Ph.D. from Columbia in Education.
Raising Judy and my sis, Mary of AnimalPerson.net, was a mishmash of opera, 60 Minutes, and cartoons. Not necessarily in that order. My sister and I learned of the arts, music and the power of the written word as our home was lined with hundreds of books.
As for my adult life, I am a step-mom without the benefit of the typical parenting process, but a quick read of Julie Lenzer Kirk’s, The ParentPreneur Edge, never the less offers a fun and unusually humorous alternative to the typical business book.
Get on With it! Not so fast. The sign post to the left asks you not to enter the building through the sliding doors, but instead to go around the building – a further distance – through a different door. There’s a good reason for this. Simply, this beautiful garden and new grass is still…
In my monthly column, The WorkLife Minute with Judy Martin in Canvas Magazine, I interviewed Port Washington lawyer Arnie Herz. Frustrated with the workplace scenario for attorneys, Herz came up with his own formula for successful worklife integration or synergy as he calls it. You’ll read about Arnie’s personal story and get some tips on…
A few years ago I met this incredibly powerful person. This individual walked in international circles, and was connected within a diverse crowd of media and business leaders. We became friends and it was evident that my status as a member of the media was important. This was not merely a business relationship, but I…
"We live in a time of great challenge but also of great promise and opportunity. Today, for perhaps the first time in human history, we have the opportunity to align economic and human development." Richard Florida, author The Flight of the Creative Class Embracing creativity might be the saving grace of the American workforce and…
