Scraps of Time

What do you do with little scraps of time? Do you wile away your time on your smart phone scanning Facebook or Twitter? Or do you do something useful that you need to get done anyway? I spend a fair amount of time waiting to pick kids up from school, sports, or other events. I…

So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?

I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the Invent Your Future Silicon Valley Conference this week, which focused on Achieving Influence and Impact. I moderated a session for Denise Brosseau, author of Ready to be a Thought Leader? She was terrific and the session was very interactive. I also had the pleasure…

How My Grandmother Got to College

My grandmother Frances Eloy Flora Sigler is 95, almost 96. Visiting her, I learned how she ended up at college, which was very unusual for the time. When she graduated from high school at 17, most girls went straight to work and worked until they married. My grandmother graduated from Frankton High School in 1935.…

Motivation is EVERYTHING!

Writing can be a pain in the butt! It can really be hard to sit down and write sometimes. Other times it just rolls off the fingertips (or the pen, if you are old school). I had an epiphany last week when Jasper was finishing his Middle College application. He sat down and wrote his…