It's clear to me that emotional intelligence is the most important skill for success in adult life. And the consummate career application of emotional intelligence is the sales department. So I'm fascinated by sales. I used to think I'm not that good at sales. For example, I'm an open book—I have very little ability to […]
I have always thought that blogging is a way to reach your career goals. It's hard to write a blog if you don't have a goal. You need to know what blogging success looks like to you, so you know what you’re aiming for. Like most goals in life, my definition of blogging success has […]
I have found that the best way to manage myself is by asking for a lot of help. The question is, how do you know who to take advice from? The answer is not always intuitive. For example, you’d think that if Bill Gates wants to give you career advice, you should take it, right? […]
Last year I traveled almost every week. Some weeks I traveled to three different cities. If you are excited about business travel, thinking it's a free ticket to see the world, you should stop reading now. But if you are having trouble maintaining your personal life in the face of tons of travel, these tips […]
I wake up Wednesday at 4am to a phone call: The Guardian, in London, asking for an interview about my miscarriage twitter. Then a half-hour later, an Irish radio station. And then the phone kept ringing. I tell Now Magazine (I think it's basically People magazine for the UK audience) to call back after I […]
Someone once asked me to think of a moment in my childhood that was really nice. I thought of one. Wait. You think of one, now. Quick. Just any one… So I thought of a time: it was in my grandparents' huge yard with fruit trees and flower gardens and grass for running. And it […]
My ex-husband worked in the nonprofit sector for a while. And you know what? He rarely got health insurance. At one point, we were completely stressed out about not being insured, and he asked his boss what everyone else was doing, and she said, “Can't you get insurance from your spouse? That's what we do.” […]
Eighty percent of adults with Asperger Syndrome do not have full-time work. This not because they can’t do the work. It’s that they can’t manage to be socially acceptable while they get the work done. ” Countless studies show people would rather have pleasant and personable co-workers than a co-worker who is always right. I […]
Here’s the deal with giving flowers. Women like receiving flowers. Men think flowers are stupid. Men think: Flowers die, they don’t do anything when they are alive, they are expensive, and they are a cliche. Men know that women in general like flowers, but men also believe that women they know personally do not like […]
The farmer broke up with me five times the first five months we were together, last year. So I learned that he had huge commitment issues. I tried to do the advisable thing to do when you're with someone who has commitment issues. I tried to fall in love with someone else. But I didn't. […]