The Wednesday before the Super Bowl, I was watching an episode of Man Vs. Food on the Travel Channel. It’s a show where this guy travels around the country sampling the best that different eateries have to offer, but each week he takes on an eating challenge from a specific restaurant. Sometimes it’s to see […]
On Tuesday afternoon I was at a meeting of an organization whose board I sit on. In this particular instance, I also hold an official position; no, I don’t get paid for it. The conversation turned to one that’s fairly common in most companies, but it was a crucial discussion about the possibility of doing […]
A few days ago I asked Can You Overcome Interruptions. This time, I’m asking you how well you’re able to hit deadlines. In all of our lives, there are times when we’re tasked with finishing something by a certain time. When we were kids it was making sure our homework was turned in on time, […]
This weekend, there was an outrage on Twitter concerning a columnist named Amy Dickerson. She writes an advice column for the Chicago Tribune which is syndicated across the country. In one of her columns, she responded to a question from a young woman at a college who, based on her story, was obviously raped. She […]
Last night I was talking to another health care consulting friend of mine who just ended a long assignment. She was asking how things were on the health care front, and I told her things were a bit slow, but probably ready to start warming up again. We started talking about some of our shared […]