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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009What does real wealth look like? Is it a vacation home in Tahiti? An always-reserved table at the city’s finest restaurant? Or maybe it’s a ‘trophy spouse’ and extravagant weekends in Vegas? Well, author Thomas J. Stanley doesn’t think so – and he’s one to know. Having studied the affluent for over 30 years, Stanley [...]
Fighting on Two Fronts – Mariette Hartley’s Struggle with ADHD and Bipolar Disorder
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009From the outside in, Emmy award-winning actress Mariette Hartley appeared to have it all. A successful career acting on stage, film, and television, co-authoring a best-selling memoir, Breaking the Silence, and performing an acclaimed one-woman show. But is the life behind the scenes that is raising public awareness of an entirely different sort of existence [...]
Pecha Kucha and the Virtue of Brevity
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Big concept. Short format. That is the – admittedly, very basic – idea behind an event that aims to put the ‘point’ back into ‘PowerPoint.’ The MS Office standard has been the conference room bane of many an office worker’s existence – often with text heavy slides and appallingly bland imagery – and paired with [...]
Twenty Summers of Life
Saturday, August 8th, 2009A good friend of mine once explained to me her philosophy of life as she gets older. She calls it the “20 summers philosophy.” I continually give her all the credit for coming up with this, but she claims someone else deserves the real credit, perhaps the guys who wrote the book Twenty Good Summers. [...]
Microgrids Challenge to Big Utility Goliaths
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009It is an environmentalist’s dream – harnessing the power of natural resources to provide households with cheaper, more reliable energy. For thousands of American homeowners this is a daily reality – not just a dream, as rooftop solar panels and wind turbines reduce their reliance on traditional power utilities. But for all the promise of [...]
Just Measure It – Making Sense of Life with Personal Metrics
Monday, July 13th, 2009When it comes to personal fitness, motivation is key. Good, powerful motivation is like your childhood best friend – capable of talking you into anything, consequences be damned. Weak – or non-existent – motivation is a soul-crushing Monster of Defeat – convincing you to toss your running shoes and dive headfirst into the nearest cookie [...]
A Summer Adventure
Sunday, June 28th, 2009I have always looked for challenges, for opportunities that would test my mettle. One summer while my family was vacationing on Chappaquiddick Island, I decided to do something nobody had ever done: circumnavigate the island alone and, being the first, set a world’s record for doing so. I was just sixteen. Chappaquiddick Island sits off [...]
Cat’s in the Cradle
Sunday, June 21st, 2009“If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.” -George Bernard Shaw This won’t be your standard “rah-rah, Dad” Father’s Day blog entry. Because, unfortunately, I see a lot of wisdom in this quote from George Bernard Shaw. I know [...]
Urban Farming Takes Root
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009It’s time to redefine our concept of the concrete jungle. For decades, this term has been meant as a cautionary tale – condemning the city environment as less-than-hospitable and conjuring visions of a vast, treeless urban landscape. But recent growing awareness of the need to be more ecologically responsible, and increasing public demand for ‘green [...]
Warren Buffett’s Test Drive into an Electric Auto Future
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The Oracle of Omaha has spoken. Warren Buffett may not be the Wizard of Oz, but considering his almost mystical track record as a powerhouse investor and one of America’s most successful businessmen, it would be easy to understand any confusion. The Berkshire Hathaway CEO is [...]
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