In a previous career, I studied closely the annals of the Personal Branding Gurus. I walked among them, and I read their sacred texts. I have also learned at the feet of the motivational speakers of YouTube, having binge-watched countless talks in preparation for a speech evaluation contest. The template is often, but not always, […]
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Friendship is Risky. Here’s why it’s worth it.
We ask a lot of the word “friend.” It can conjure up sweet childhood memories of zipping through the neighborhood on bikes and staying up past a reasonable bedtime on the phone (smart or otherwise). But “friend” also serves as the go-to term for social media followers, colleagues at awkward team-building exercises, fellow recipients of […]
Motherhood and the Dark and Stormy Night
“It was a dark and stormy night.” If you hear this phrase and immediately picture Snoopy atop his doghouse with a typewriter, then perhaps we are kindred spirits. This line is such a well-known cliche of bad writing that it inspired the Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest for the worst literary opening line, but it also opens one […]