by jean | Jan 8, 2011 | One Minute Note
Whoops! I wrote this and just now posted it. Enjoy! I flew to Charlottesville, Virginia with a long stretch of vacation in front of me. There would time to sleep in, visit, eat well and do holiday activities. I soaked in the luxury of this schedule for about three...
by jean | Dec 14, 2010 | One Opinion
I am accidentally in the nonprofit world. Like Alice in Wonderland, I tumbled from being a solo business owner giving seminars in corporate America to being a solo business owner in economic freefall to being an unemployed professional scrambling for a job. A...
by jean | Oct 18, 2010 | One Minute Note
At a seminar I attended, the presenter asked the group to write all of our Shoulds on a page. My list began quite easily… I should blog more I should eat more cruciferous vegetables I should get more cardio The whole group was scribbling like fiends until the...
by jean | Sep 15, 2010 | One Minute Note
Last week I returned from Burning Man, an annual festival that attracts over 50,000 people for a week of creative expression. One of the unique aspects of Burning Man is that there are no vendors and virtually nothing to purchase. Instead the city runs on a gift...
by jean | Aug 7, 2010 | Administrative Assistant Advantage, One Minute Note, One Opinion
I was six weeks into my new job when the HR Director came to my desk and told me, “You need to join the union. They’ll be taking 1% of your salary.” What union, I wondered? And why am I hearing about this now? I explained reasonably that if this were...
