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I was talking with someone the other day when he casually mentioned that he was nearing is 30-year work anniversary. Think about that for a moment. 30. Years. He’s quick to admit that he started just out of college with a finance degree, and never anticipated that he would work an entire lifetime at one place. Now, to be clear, … Read More

The light fades a bit earlier each day and the mornings and evenings have gotten crisper — at least here in New England. It’s as if September 1 rolls around and Mother Nature decides it’s time; something must change. I’ve never been a big fan of this transition. Maybe it’s because I really love the long-lighted days — June is my favorite month — or because … Read More

COVID-19 forever changed the way we work. Some of us have gone fully remote, others hybrid — while essential workers are still bravely facing each day on the front lines. But, perhaps more importantly, the pandemic has also changed how we approach our work, especially as it impacts our personal lives. Today, employees are not only searching for work that offers them … Read More

“When we rush, we skim the surface, and fail to make real connections with the world or other people.” Carl Honore, a Canadian journalist wrote the international best-selling book, In Praise of Slow. So, he knows. As does Mario Rigby, who took two years — two years! — to walk and kayak the 12,000 kilometers from Cape Town to Cairo in, what would become, the … Read More

Yesterday, my husband and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary. Yes, 23 years. It’s a tremendous source of pride, but also quite perplexing too. Because if you’re like me, you might ask yourself, well, how did I get here? The honest answer is love and a whole lotta grit. Nothing worth having comes easy. The investments we’ve made in each other, … Read More

Recent headlines have focused on the downsides of air travel: baggage lost, fights delayed, passengers stranded. But, l firmly believe that we never stop learning; that we can learn anytime and anywhere. And, even with all its current hassles, air travel has lessons for us if we know where to look. Here’s an example. I flew to Atlanta a few … Read More

It’s the thing everyone seems to be striving for. By last count, that hashtag is used in 6.8M Instagram posts and has more than 1.B views on TikTok. Click through to either platform and you will see perfectly curated lives — sandy beaches, palatial homes, expensive cars, six-pack abs, and a lot of avocado toast (2M!) — that honestly can only exist on social … Read More

A good friend of mine who worked for a very large software company reached out to me one day. She was trying to decide whether she wanted to stay at the company or potentially move on. She had been wrestling with this incredibly difficult decision for some time; she’d spent the bulk of her career there — essentially had grown … Read More

Early in my career, I had the opportunity to work closely with a senior executive at my company at the time on a very important, and rather high-level, project. She was incredibly well-regarded, and many assumed she would take the helm of this multi-billion-dollar organization when the current CEO retired (she did not, unfortunately, but that’s another story entirely). Still, … Read More

The last couple of years have changed us — from adapting to remote work, to learning new phrases like “social distancing” and “masking up,” to living with an ever-present and unpredictable global virus. And beyond the physical toll, COVID has taken away much of what we have always enjoyed in life, but likely taken for granted: live events, dining out, milestone celebrations, … Read More