I was listening to some kids (ages 9-12 I guess) talking at the table next to me in Subway the other night. Their mother was talking about all they needed to do for the upcoming weekend and the oldest said confidently, “Don’t worry mom. It’s only Friday night. We’ve got plenty of time.” I loved the look on the mother’s face. Obviously she knew something they didn’t, but she played along in all seriousness.
“Oh,” she said. “So how long do you think it will take you to clean up your …

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I work with a lot of really brilliant and amazing people. Some of them are friends, some are clients, some are both.
There are days I wake up and wonder how I got so lucky. They’re not all “Oprah or Dr. Phil level” famous, but they should be.
They’re just really, really, really wise people. Most of them blog and every once in a while, actually on a regular basis, they post information that rocks my world. Today one of them, Lorraine Esposito, (who I hired as my own coach last year) …

In October I caught a mild respiratory virus. Nothing big. I had a runny nose, some sniffles, a few aches. It came and went in a few days and I thought nothing of it. Two weeks later however, I developed a  sinus infection. Not a big deal. I have sinus issues as do most older folks living east of the Mississippi.
I live in a rural area with lots of trees, leaves, flowers, weeds and all the dusty allergy type generating stuff common to the east. It was also a rainy …

The official definition of a third world country has to do with the country’s political stance or alignment with either capitalism or communism (first and second world) or non-aligned with either (third world).
Since the overriding common characteristics of both second and third world countries is poverty and economic dependence on capitalism or more advanced and wealthy countries, most people equate poverty and limited or non-existent resources with the third world.
Now, consider Orange County California—by all census and other standards, the richest county in the United States. Yet, there is an …