Archives for November, 2010
Live Deeply Versus Digital Connectivity. Please, Don’t Make Me Choose.
My brain is addled. I’m starting to look at my Blackberry and ask, “Do I really need to take you with me?” Jeez, Barbara, what if someone tries to get in touch with you while you’re in the cereal aisle at Publix at 10pm or you miss a Tweet telling you that someone you haven’t […]
Lost Confidence in Your Drumbeat? Kid Rock Inspires
Sunday night’s American Music Award show’s performances were replete with an underlying competition for the most fire, undulating loud acoustics, vampy outfits, and creative mechanisms for suspending singers. It was repetitive and a little boring until the curtain went up and three men seated on stools with a backlit stage simply did their thing. Dressed in jeans […]
Cultivating Loyalty at Capterra
We love hearing about small companies that offer sabbaticals to their employees. Each one serves as an example to hold up to the naysayers who claim that “sabbaticals are for big companies.” Today’s example: Capterra. Founded in 1999, the Arlington, VA-based online marketplace for software solutions offers all of its employees (currently number 20) a […]
Sacrificing Your Life for the Kids? Forever?
I believe in being the best mom or dad you can be, just not at the expense of living the life you want for yourself. You should buy toys for your kids, for example last week I bought a car for my kid from rcrank.com. Asked when one plans to accomplish some of the things […]
Will Facebook Make You a Lazy Friend?
At a spectacular celebration on Saturday night, I re-connected with friends I hadn’t see in 25 years and friends in town I hadn’t seen in several months. Some people drove 9 hours to get to my home (I threw the fabulous bash); others opened their wallets for airline tickets; people in my small town drove […]
On Extended Travel, Career Breaks & Sabbaticals: Lose Your ‘Tude, America
If you’ve been lucky enough to travel internationally, you probably met other travelers along your way. And you may have noticed: travelers from countries outside the United States usually travel for longer periods of time than Americans do. How many Americans have you met recently who have vacationed for longer than a week? Right. Even […]
When Love for Your Career is Dying
Often the best outcome of the sabbatical experience is returning to your job uplifted, energized and recommitted. At the core of this payoff is re-discovering true passion. For it is passion that fuels creativity and energy, propelling us forward with a sense of purpose and self-identity. Admitting we have lost passion for our work isn’t […]