I gazed from afar the goings-on in the markets last week. A much needed break from the chaos on the street and the sub-prime meltdown was called for as I figure it’s going to be an active fourth quarter with just about anything coming down the pike. Other than a sneak peak at CNBC at [...]
In the insanity of the rollercoaster ride on Wall Street this week, I’m opting to write of my calm cat and have some fun today. Every day my kitty, Gema (pushing 16), takes naps amidst the chaotic happenings of two home-based businesses (BTW- she’s napping on a $500 sham she took as hers and currently [...]
Walking through an outdoor marketplace in a small upstate New York town called Margaretville yesterday, I was not looking for anything in particular. Among the antique vases, old fashioned coke bottles, and rusty lamps on the tables of about fifty booths, was an occasional old looking book which begged attention, if only to check the [...]
Summer sun and fanfare do make appearances on occasion for the lot of us still trying to navigate our WorkLife scenario. Not all of us will get to the beach, but downtime is crucial for what is typically the slowest business time of the year – unless you are moonlighting as a lifeguard. So don’t [...]
Disturbing is an understatement. Images of starving children in an abandoned orphanage in Iraq are still reeling in my mind as I prepare to anchor the news tonight. It’s the story of U-S and Iraqi soldiers making the heartbreaking discovery of 24 malnourished children in a Baghdad Orphanage, some tied to their beds. Check out [...]
Canvas Magazine: A Backdrop for Ideas, Perspectives & Life on Long Island In my Work/Life Minute in Canvas Magazine this month I had the wonderful opportunity to interview my good friend News 12 Long Island anchor, Lea Tyrell. She has an interesting perspective on work/life integration. Seen here on the News 12 set with her [...]
Did you know that 30 % of all U.S. employees have been under the thumb of a punishing or bullying boss? A study published in the Journal of Management Studies, suggests that bullying behavior is ingrained in the culture of the U.S. workplace – as just 9% of employees were aware that the negative acts [...]
What is Extreme Success? Can you bottle it? Best-selling author Karen Salmansohn found a way to “book” it. In her latest title, Ballsy 99 Ways to Score Extreme Success, Salmansohn underscores that behind every wildly successful business person is always a ballsy story of how they got there! This irreverent witty woman is a hoot, [...]
