As part of my Marketing homework, I’ve been studying online sales sites – you know, those really long web pages that tell you everything possible about a product or service, with a Buy Now button at the bottom of the page. A feature common to most such sites is Testimonials, usually from people who achieved … Read more
I received this in email at the beginning of the year & loved it. But I was overwhelmed with other stuff at the time, so I set it aside. Pulled out the article today and I STILL love it (unable to find an author attribution). It’s called Handbook 2010, but it’s more like Rules for … Read more
My mother turned 75 last month. She’s in pretty good health for an old lady who raised eight kids and has 19 grandchildren. My dad passed away 23 years ago, and Mom turned out to be quite the survivor — she went to work for Kelly Girls as a permatemp for many years, finished raising … Read more
My eldest child, Kelly (a regular reader of this blog), has been bugging me since I started it, asking, “when are you gonna write a column about ME?” For a long time I put her off by pointing out that this is my professional blog, not personal. Well, since I recently wrote about BOTH of … Read more
Last weekend I delivered my “Five Prescriptions for Happiness” talk at the annual Reunion Weekend for the Baldwin Wallace College chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta. Most of the attendees were current students or recent graduates; there were also a few tables of alumnae with babies in strollers; and a smattering of alums my age. The … Read more
So, I ran into a friend of mine at the YMCA today. I see him from behind fairly often, as I walk past the treadmills that he so loves, but it’s been awhile since we chatted face to face. There was something different about him. Hmmm. I could not, at first, figure it out. Oh! … Read more