The Brain Rules
John Medina, author of Brain Rules, is utterly brilliant. Take a look at one of his videos on multitasking and why talking on your cell phone while driving is not a good idea.
John Medina, author of Brain Rules, is utterly brilliant. Take a look at one of his videos on multitasking and why talking on your cell phone while driving is not a good idea.
In the seventh of a series on work-life balance, I had the distinct pleasure of speaking to Stever Robbins, a veteran of nine high-growth startup companies and adviser to several more, former IT project manager and current author of yet another forthcoming book. Called the GetItDoneGuy, Stever […]
The sixth in a series of work-life balance stories pushes our minds to the edge by understanding where balance originates and how to apply our relationship with time to achieve it. Lifestyle coach, Suzanne Ballantyne states: “The world may be off kilter; but we don’t […]
Bernadette Noll at SlowFamilyLiving.com brought up a terrific point. Do you have a slow barometer to gauge whether your life feels managable or not? Without really knowing it, I have one, too. Typically during the week, I don’t schedule more than two appointments a day […]
The fifth in a series of work-life balance stories brings us to Los Angeles and New York where Yelizavetta Kofman and Astri von Arbin Ahlander, respectively, offered their astounding insights into Generation Y’s views on work, life ,and parenting. As co-founders of The Lattice Group that […]
Today is the fourth in a series of conversations with work-life balance experts. A self-proclaimed ‘anti-balance expert,’ Michelle Nichols, owner of HugYourKidsToday.com and author of a book of the same name, shares her views on today’s economic crisis and living with your priorities in order. Michelle […]
This is the first in a series of interviews with top thinkers in the work-life balance community. Debbie Mandel, M.A., author of Addicted to Stress: A Woman’s 7 Step Program to Reclaim Joy and Spontaneity in Life, told me in an email interview how she […]
“What counts is not the years in your life but the life in your years.” -Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965) We often hear “You’re as young as you feel” or “You’re as young as you think you are!” Think about it. How important is our […]
The top ten reasons why working on the weekends is a bad idea are: That Friday buzzy head feeling doesn’t go away. You lack weekend fun and a change of scene, making Jill duller than the knives in my kitchen. Monday feels like Friday times two. […]
A TV crew is filming my husband and me next Saturday. They are going to observe what happens when a couple tries to live without petroleum products for a day. We’re not just talking about the classic stuff such as heating oil and automobiles. We’re […]