Just Making Sure
Sometimes, you have to ask a question twice, or even three times, just making sure they gave you the answer – an answer – the correct answer. You did the work. You offered advice. You were in the room. You Read More …
Category: career
It’s a Balance
The events of a long weekend – a looooong holiday weekend – show us that work and life can go together, as long as it’s a balance. We can take 4 days off. Or, we can take 1 then work Read More …
Keep Creating
The best advice for writers, designers, inventors and people who think differently – is to keep creating new things. Even if they are based on old concepts. New interpretations of a story, a character or a theme are always welcome. Read More …
Time to Catch Up
If the summer has already caught up with more than your share of the 10% of the population (who at any given time are on vacation) maybe it is time to catch up on what you have been missing. Family, Read More …
Ask For Feedback
We should all ask for feedback on the work we provide, the products we make and the services we offer…but, it doesn’t stop there. We have to respond to it, too. On Social Media it is the easiest place to Read More …
Of Course You’re Welcome
When a restaurant opens their doors to you, for lunch, or coffee or even just a meeting – they are telling you “of course you’re welcome.” Starbucks and Panera come to mind as everyone knows they do this, but so Read More …
It’s Not Just An Offer
It’s not just an offer, it’s a plea to come back again soon. Retailers, restaurants and even service providers today are making offers that you might not be able to refuse. This isn’t about cannoli, the Mafia or family vendettas. Read More …
Remember to Pay Attention
It’s so easy to find a simple distraction today that we actually have to remember to pay attention to what is going on around us. Not just driving and staying off your phone – it is more than that. Waiting Read More …
Permission to Learn
When you don’t know everything you think you need to know, give yourself permission to learn. Research. Study. Practice. Read. Experiment. Ask for feedback. Try until you get it right…or, at least the way you want it to be. You Read More …
Even After You Graduate
Even after you graduate, you should keep learning new things. It doesn’t just stop…it’s a process. Of course a lot of “book learning” is based on things people have learned from the past, but not everything was that way…after all Read More …