January 11, 2011
It’s a new year and time for new resolutions. In an attempt to be held accountable this year, I’m going public with my resolutions. My 2011 resolutions: Blogging 1. Reach out to more bloggers. 2. Update my blog theme. 3. Investigate moving my blog to WordPress.org. 4. Write posts in advance. Career 1. Attend at […]
December 22, 2010
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To say my life is stressful right now is an understatement. Here’s what I’m currently dealing with: * expensive and involved dental surgery * doubling of health insurance premiums * increasing health issues with my mother and mother-in-law * continued poor economy in Massachusetts. Surprsingly, my creativity is also high. I’ve written ten blog […]
November 23, 2010
Are newspapers dead? I think that the delivery of news has changed and that newspapers are no longer the preferred medium for most people. The final FutureM Conference session that I attended was on “The Future of News: Payments, Platforms and Places.” Here are the thoughts of these news experts. The panelists: Bianca Bosker – […]
October 12, 2010
Last Wednesday was a great day. Here’s what I accomplished: *Woke up at 4 am before my alarm. *Did an intense leg workout and felt energized afterwards. *Finalized and published my blog post, Just push through it. *Wrote a draft of this blog post. *Completed a strategic marketing plan draft for the Boston Business […]
October 6, 2010
The theme for these past few weeks is how my hobbies like hiking and kayaking have helped me in the business world. This post is no different. I went for a three hour hike this past weekend. The weather was perfect, cool and clear. About halfway through my hike, I felt blisters starting to form […]
September 28, 2010
I finally figured out how kayaking has helped me in business. Who would have thought that a low tech activity like kayaking could be such a help in learning technology? Here’s what kayaking has taught me about technology: 1. Stop waiting for that perfect moment and just do it. A perfect kayaking day […]
September 20, 2010
Every once in a while you do something that has an unexpected, yet huge impact on your life. As I look to switch my career focus to marketing and writing, blogging has helped me in so many ways. Here’s how blogging has saved my career: 1. Brought back discipline. When you are out of […]
September 15, 2010
It is only fitting that my inspiration for this post came to me as I was nearing the summit of Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire. The weather was classic New England early fall with a brilliant blue sky and sun shining brightly on the yellow birch leaves. Hiking has touched my life in so […]
January 25, 2011
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