Employees that step up to the hiring process, own the business
I'm a part-time leader in Atlanta. Actually, less than a part time leader - I am here when I can be but mostly I am running around the world doing other "stuff".Our brand in Atlanta is growing. I am constantly going out …
I have had a change of heart regarding bad behavior
I can't believe I am saying this only a few days after I reminded my blog readers that I refuse to reward bad behavior - that I am in fact, not going to put any more energy into someone who I can't …
Live your life on your own terms
If I had a magic ball, I would look deeply into it and thin hard about what it was that I wanted to get out of life. This morning I had breakfast at The Mercer Kitchen in Soho with my friend Kristina Karlsson, …
Is it good for you to be passionate?
Bad relationships happen. They are inevitable. Particularly when you have been around for a while.The more passionate you are about a person or anything really, the more it affects you and sends you a little crazier than normal. But mostly, logic comes …
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
Everyone at some time in their lives has felt that their world has curved in. Things become heavy, dark and almost impossible to keep afloat - but there is light at the end of the tunnel, if only we all can see …
Why patience is a virtue – how to implement more patience in life
Something was brought to my attention yesterday by two people; I am not patient. I want everything there and then, and in that lies what is possibly one of my biggest failures.I admire people who 'wait it out' and watch, carefully understanding …
The difference with having it all and wanting it all
As I sit typing on my keypad, I am thinking about whether or not it is at all possible to 'have it all'. When I look out at some of my friends, no matter how successful they are, they still have things in …
Normal is for the birds…
The forty year old hangover is over. While the sun didn't come out shining today, the world is as it should be and I am fairly pleased about that.I celebrated my birthday twice. Once in Australian time and the other in US …
When reality hits, it hits hard
Why do people say that things happen in three’s and then when you have passed that magic number, and it keeps happening, your whole being takes a dive and you have to crawl back to where you were before it all happened …


