Karen’s Articles
Feeling Grateful with Family and Friends
Last year at Thanksgiving, I wanted the focus of the meal to be around gratitude. Remembering an exercise I learned in graduate school, I modified it to fit my family and it was a huge success. I am sharing it with you and your family as my gift to you this...
Luck Surface Area
My son Josh taught my daughter Katie about Luck Surface Area. It is a concept coined by Jason Roberts from techzinglive.com. Katie gave this example of Luck Surface Area. Imagine that every person begins life with a dartboard and one dart. Some of the...
Can Women Be Both Liked And Respected in the Workplace?
When a man is outspoken and direct in the workplace he is often described as passionate or ambitious. Men in the workplace are not first judged in a personal way, first considering whether he is kind or friendly and second deciding if he is capable. Why then, are...
The Benefit of a Fresh Perspective
I have had both the joy and the opportunity to vacation in Nags Head, NC for the past 23 years. This year, we decided to go parasailing. While being suspended, I was able to see the island of Nags Head as an island. I saw the Kitty Hawk dunes where the Wright...
Does Your Spot Award Lack Momentum?
Have you ever gotten mail or phone call telling you that you’ve won a cruise or timeshare? Likely you have. And likely you hung up the call or discarded the letter in the trash as ‘junk-mail’ without giving it a second thought. Then again – if you had entered into...
Are You Stealing ‘Widgets’ From Work?
Back in the 1950’s stealing in the workplace was pretty black and white. If you worked on a production-line creating widgets and you took a widget home - you knew very well that you had stolen this physical property. Nowadays however, not everything falls neatly into...
The Kids Are Off to College – Time to find the ‘New You’
So your son or daughter is off to college. Now…what about you? You will have more time now than you have likely had in about 18-25 years. Below are what my friends who have enjoyed the challenge have done with the time. Dating - That’s right, why should the kids...
Musings On Staying in Touch with Your College Student
A few days ago, my friend posted a picture of the most beautifully decorated dorm room I have ever seen. It looked like a catalog ad. Knowing my friend, she placed as much effort and thought into preparing her daughter emotionally for college as she did in helping...
Thanksgiving Overload!
Yesterday, I was meeting with a senior manager - we'll call him Saresh - and he was telling me about a problem he had with one of his employees, Chris. Saresh told me that Chris hadn’t been sharing information with the team. Saresh also told me about a number of...
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