Send to Kindle There are many factors and skills that can make a good manager in the work place.  Empathy is one of my favorites, and of course being a good listener is crucial, but recently I have noticed that one of the traits that have proved really valuable is the ability to distill information [...]

Send to Kindle As a child everyone had things that wanted to be–some children wanted to be firefighters or police men, the ambitious ones wanted to be doctors or lawyers, so what did I want to be?  A millionaire.  Yes, as a child I dreamed of living in a mansion, having “staff”, and while I [...]

Send to Kindle This morning I was walking down the sidewalk in the city and I was all bundled up in my warm winter coat and knit hat.  The air was crisp and chilly, and all seemed relatively quiet and serene with only a few cars driving past transporting people on their morning commute.  I [...]