It’s OK to make mistakes
by Mike Robbins [reprinted with permission] (For this week’s audio podcast, click here.) I was scheduled to fly to Dublin, Ireland a few weeks ago for a speaking engagement and when I got to the airport I realized I’d forgotten my passport at home. I felt mortified and embarrassed – and then angry when I realized I wouldn’t be able to get on my flight. After a few hours of stress and drama, I was able to get myself on another...
‘The Heart Grows Smarter’ … here’s how MKP helps.
by Boysen Hodgson On November 5, 2012, the New York Times published a new op-ed by David Brooks entitled “The Heart Grows Smarter” about a long term research study of men which was launched in the 1930’s and tracked men through the rest of their lives. Though the researchers hadn’t intended to study male relationships … the most compelling results of the study were all about relationships. More...
Your Email Is Doing This Better Than You Are
by Steve Harper I lived in New York on 9/11. It’s a long story and I won’t go into here, but essentially I was heading downtown on a crowded bus (to work) when the second tower fell. It took me 6 hours to get back uptown to my apartment when I realized my workplace was closed. Buses were packed. Subways weren’t running. Pay phones were out of commission: lines were busy or phones were broken. I didn’t have a cell at the time. What...
Confidence and Specificity
Tuesday morning, I was driving my 4 year old daughter to preschool for the day. We got talking about music. I asked her, “Would you like to learn to play instrument?” She said, “Sure.” I said, “What instrument do you think you’d like to learn?” Just after asking the question, I thought I’d try […]
The Gin and Tonic Perspective on Time Management
My friends and clients know the importance I put upon the PERSPECTIVE we operate from. How do you see a thing, what is the metaphor, what is the story you make up? This is always much more important that the actual situation itself. Some of the common metaphors in time management include working on the […]
Four Steps to Surviving the Heart-Ache
by Steve Harper As the Rolling Stones said: “You can’t always get what you want.” That’s what I’ve been negotiating in my creative life these days. After months of continuing my search for TV writing work, I’ve not yet gotten a job. I’m still in the game, no question, but it’s been frustrating and difficult. And it’s gotten me thinking about the challenge (familiar for all creative folks) of being far from the opportunities we covet....
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