Archives for March, 2010
Mr. Turtle Gets a Career Break
On my early morning walk yesterday, I watched a jogger stop mid-gait to stare at a turtle crossing the two lane road in our neighborhood. This is the turtle’s job – to crawl slowly from place to place. But Mr. Turtle hadn’t picked a great time of day to start this challenge. With a good […]
“Life Is Wasted On People” Invokes Regret, But Hints at Opportunity
Ben Stiller hit the talk shows last week promoting his new film, Greenberg, using a clip that made me pause - as the advertisers obviously intended. Playing a single, 40ish man at the crossroads of his life, Stiller responds to his friend’s lunchtime quip, “Life is wasted on the young,” with a more contemporary version than the originator […]
Connected 24/7? Meet Your New Disorder - “Disconnectivity Anxiety”
My husband, Herb, freaked out the other morning when his mobile phone went down to two bars. He yelled obscenities at the phone, hoping it would heal itself from whatever malady it suffered. Later that afternoon when his computer displayed e-mail in a new format, he flipped out - big time. I listened as he raged and insisted […]
Desert Leaf - Sabbaticals: Not Just For Faculty Anymore
Angela Petitt began to get a nagging feeling there was more to life than her winning corporate existence. After trying unsuccessfully to ignore the distracting doubts, Petitt, 41, decided that a sabbatical was the only way to satisfy her curiosity about the world outside of her Houston realm. After four years as an information technology […]
Roatan, Costa Maya, and Cozumel…loved it all!!
Roatan Rocks!! Just got back from one of my favorite activities…CRUISIN! My Aunt and I loved every single minute of it… I did the 7 day Royal Caribbean Cruise out of Galveston to Roatan, Honduras, Costa Maya and Cozumel. In Roatan, we met up with my dear friend Marc in Gumbalimba Park. This park has […]
Tim Ferriss’s Definition of Work Makes You Not Want to Work - Ever.
When it comes to defining “work,” Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek (Expanded and Updated, 2010) offers this definition to Max Chafkin, senior writer at Inc. Magazine (March, 2010): Work is an activity that is financially driven or one that you’d like to do less of. I confess, on certain days, my work falls […]
LegalWeek - A Break From The Norm
In a 2007 report about public and private sector approaches to sabbaticals, researchers at the University of Illinois found that “many corporations consider the benefits of sabbaticals so self-evident that they forego the expense of documenting them.” A stronger endorsement is hard to imagine. An article by Friederike Heine.
Me, Commit to a Sabbatical? You’ll Go or Pay up at StickK.com
Need help with your promise keeping? Based on personal experience and scholarly research, Dean Karlan, Economics Professor at Yale and Co-Founder of StickK, envisioned an online ‘Commitment Store’ where people would come to sign contracts obliging them to achieve their personal goals. StickK is a concept based on two well-known principles of behavioral economics: People […]
The REAL reason you’re not taking a career break
Years ago NYC-based The Learning Annex called to see if I’d be interested in teaching a class called overcoming procrastination described as “one of our most popular in the city.” Atlanta (my location) would be a good spot to try to recreate this adult education success. I said yes. I love to teach, plus I […]