I first heard the news while I was working out at the gym. I was 25 minutes into my workout on the elliptical when the Today Show announced that Seal and Heidi Klum were separating and headed for divorce. As the anchors continued to discuss the separation, they read a statement from the star’s publicists stating how much love and respect they have for each other. Heidi and Seal hoped that...
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January 23, 2012
I would like to share a recent experience that has reconfirmed my belief that The Universe works in mysterious ways. Ways which often baffle and frustrate us, but ultimately create situations which force us to take a closer look at why things happen and what we are supposed to learn from a specific event.
Several months ago...
There used to be a ladder to success. It was the college→good job→marriage→house→family→cushy retirement. Sure, not everyone made it, there were a few broken rungs near the bottom but that was the guiding light to the good life and enough people made it that it seemed within reach. A few people questioned this ladder as really being "the good life" but those were just hippies or crazies, no one worth paying...
What does leadership mean to you? Several executives and colleagues shared with me:
Did you know that 1 in 3 women law partners have felt uncomfortable when discussing their worth to negotiate their compensation? It's no wonder since (according to a 2010 MCCA & Partner for Attorney Retention survey) 30% have experienced intimidation, threats, or bullying to back down after they disputed the allocation of business origination credits.
These shocking statistics made me jump at the chance to help women...
People often ask me what it’s like to be married for 30 years. They want to know the secret to having a relationship that endures for that long. Let me rephrase that— they want to know what the secret is to having a relationship that not only endures the 30 years, but one where both partners are actually still happy. Well, I’m here to give you one of the keys to...
There are people in the world who don't care about love, and who feel no remorse, empathy or emotional attachment to others. They don't even know what these feeling are. These people are called sociopaths. Most people think of a sociopath as a deranged serial killer, but, with 4% of the population having the character traits of a sociopath, most sociopaths never physically harm anyone. Sociopaths do however ruin lives, empty...
Money means power. We’re ambivalent about it - the money and its influence. Yet last year, individuals in the U.S. donated $212 billion to nonprofits. Philanthropy is big business.
Women, in particular, are ambivalent about wealth and the power it brings. While women make the majority of spending decisions in a household, we do so very differently than men. We focus on the people and relationships involved, more than the transaction...
Last week, I realized that I was sprinting back and forth from my office to my car, getting out the door after hastily sending 12 emails (always one last one to attend to). Did I remember to put that file in my bag? Did I turn off the gas fireplace in my office? Each time I had to turn the alarm system off and then back on. Why am I rushing?...
