Blogs About "reinvention"

It has often been said that necessity is the mother of invention.  Especially when two smart mothers identify a need.

One day Kirsten Lambert and Joan Ripple of Hingham, Massachusetts were walking their dogs and talking about their college freshmen.  That morning’s topic?  Sheets that never seemed to leave the bed and enter the washing machine.  The two mothers joked that their kids needed the rolls of paper sheets that doctor offices...

 

Back in 2007 I filed away a New York...

 I’ve significantly revised my career numerous times over my 25 years of working, and each time, I’ve learned some powerful, surprising lessons -- about myself, my capabilities, perceptions, misconceptions, and about what it takes for me to attain what I want.

Each career shift led me down a new path, and often, the destination wasn’t at all what I’d hoped or planned.  Huge mistakes were made, certainly, but what I’ve learned has...

We are hard wired to seek comfort in patterns and habits which is why so many people struggle with change. The fear of change can even cause people to cling to an uncomfortable situation because it is one they know best.

Most find comfort in a familiarity with location, people, thoughts, and actions but when we stagnate in these aspects of our lives we shut the door...

My 52 Mistakes (Or: How I’m Turning My Mess into a Message Every Day)

Bottom line – “Embracing and loving who I am and what I’ve done is not a fixed state – it’s a long work in progress.”

As many of my friends know, I’ve immersed myself in a 9-year life reinvention, and shifted from a miserable and chronically ill corporate professional to an author, consultant, speaker and entrepreneur who absolutely loves...

Serendipity played a very positive role in my life when I learned that Arianna Huffington, the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Huffington Post was scheduled to speak at the O’Bannon Institute for Community in my home town. I attended her talk last week and sat amongst hundreds in a packed house of enthusiastic fans.

Arianna left an amazing impression on me and shared several lessons that I believe are relevant to the...

I am learning how to not answer the phone.


That might sound easy but it is not. In the corporate world part of your job as a manager is answering the phone. The phone is a medium through which you conduct business. Meetings are interrupted to take a call. Sometimes you wait for that ring, the important one that will tell you a deal is closed. The phone is never avoided....