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Charlie Sheen and Twitter
25 hours and 17 minutes. That's the length of time it took Charlie Sheen to get 1 Million followers on Twitter. According to the LA Times, Sheen is poised to monetize his tweets, pitching products for Ad.ly. He also set a Guinness World Record by reaching the 1...
Little Girl Dreams
I’m driving in the car with my daughters. We’re talking about our birthdays later this year. My oldest daughter will be turning ten just months after I turn forty. Our thirty year age gap makes it easy for all three of my girls to remember my age. “Cami is nine so...
Growing a Social Network
Social Networking for Women Marines in Business View more presentations from weavinginfluence Here's a sneak preview of my presentation for tonight. I am talking with a group of Women Marines in Business about Social Networking. I don't know how helpful reading the...
Would an iPhone Make it Easier?
A couple of weeks ago, my cell phone, left in a coat pocket, ended up in the dryer. I heard the pounding and crashing in the dryer. I did. I admit it. Perhaps if I had gone to investigate, I might have rescued the phone in time. Elbow deep in dishwater, I kept...
Fences
It’s been nearly a decade since I had a traditional job, but I remember well the boundaries (then) between work and the rest of my life. Work began (mentally) when I got in the car, drove toward the office, walked through the office door. Work ended when I walked to...
The Morality of Labor
I forget where I first read of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Development, but it left an impression and I sometimes apply it to what I observe around the office. The University of Chicago psychology student theorized that people should take eventual steps...
Bly Hill
If I close my eyes, I can see myself at the end of our driveway. It is just before dusk. We are stretching our legs, getting ready. The sky is tinged with pink as the sun sinks behind the trees. The air is still. As we turn east to jog down the hill I can hear the...
Five
I’ve told you about the book launch that I’m working on, right? From my excitement and the fact that I am promoting the book tirelessly, you might infer that I like and believe in the book and its message. You are absolutely correct in thinking that. What I haven’t...
Support
Only one week until the launch of my friends Kevin and Guy's new book, From Bud to Boss. As you may (or may not) know, I've been working hard lately on promoting the book as we near the launch. Through this process, I have been grateful for support from so many...
Rivers of Joy, Puddles of Passion
Through the pullups, cleanups, and over-exuberant cheers of potty training over the years, one thread has run common for my three girls. It is that, at some point when we all believe that the threshold has been crossed, an accident happens. This is no reference to...
The Kindness of Strangers
In our years before kids, my husband and I had two really terrific adventures. For two consecutive summers, we took long trips on our bicycles. We planned the trips because we wanted to create memories and stories we could tell our kids. The first summer, we rode from...
Do Something
This post was originally posted at Mountain State University LeaderTalk and is reposted here with permission. I re-post it now as a reminder to myself to keep focused on my priorities. These are busy days, and I want to be sure to that I am using my time to make a...