“The great challenge in performing is listening to yourself,” Itzak Perlman told writer and surgeon, Atul Gawande, in this week’s October 3 New Yorker magazine, “Personal Best: Top Athletes and Singers Have Coaches, Should You?” http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/03/111003fa_fact_gawande I highly recommend it.…
Kwame Scruggs had a big idea back in 2004. He spent afternoons with 28 sixth grade boys from urban schools around Akron, Ohio telling myths and pounding on African drums. His goal was to keep these boys in school through…
Welcome to my first attempt at a video blog post. I gave myself a reprieve from blog postings this summer 🙂 and am kicking off the fall with what I think is an exciting and engaging format through which to…
When I was 7 months pregnant with my second child, I got scared. No, not scared of having another child, or even of childbirth. I was scared of criticism, and I just happened to be pregnant! I published my first…
This past freezing winter we had a lot of electrical outages. One friend related how, after four days of no electricity, he entered his kitchen after shoveling snow and noticed the red light lit up on his coffee maker. He…
Early on in my career I was asked to give a keynote address. I really wanted to say “no.” I hadn’t ever done anything like this. I thought a keynoter should have more experience. But I said “yes” because everybody…
Many friends have recommended the award-winning television series, MAD MEN. It sounded rather entertaining and light before bedtime – very unlike the work-related serious books piled high on my nightstand. Much to my horror and surprise, Mad Men hasn’t been…
