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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
My wife is an Optometrist (an eye doctor) and has a practice she started at the height of the economic doom and gloom in October 2008. Since she began, she has dealt with uncertainty in the economy, hiring problems, surprises by competition and the day to day chaos of running a small business. As her [...]
Tags: Chaos, chaos at work, deal with uncertainty, Embrace the chaos, Life, managing stress at work, move forward, moving forward, Stress Management
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
It was Saturday morning at home. I was sick with an awful cold, lacking sleep because of my painful herniated discs acting up all night and just feeling tired and exhausted still trying to recover from the holiday parties. Got my 6 year old daughter ready for piano lessons, took her to the first birthday [...]
Tags: build deeper relationshps to help embrace the chaos, building deeper social bonds, Chaos, Embrace the chaos, Life, managing anxiety, Stress Management, uncertainty
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Going back into the city this morning after yesterday’s earthquake in New York, I asked myself a question: Although the tremors were quite brief, in times of sudden possible crisis and chaos, what helped me feel a little bit better? I thought about that question as I got on the bus today at 6:45am for [...]
Tags: earthquake, Embrace the chaos, Life, new york city, new york earthquake, teammate
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Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Do we really need to spend a thousand dollars on renting a super slide for our backyard for a 6 year old’s birthday party? This summer, I’ve been to a lot of kids parties and older adult parties. It used to be that the older you got, the more money you have, the less time [...]
Tags: birthday parties, Embrace the chaos, kids parties, Life, new normal
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
I love Facebook. I really do. It is a great tool to do all sorts of things. Sure I get to re-connect with friends I lost touch with years ago. And I can see what all my friends are up to instantly. And I get to go through pictures of their kids, their spouses, their [...]
Tags: Business, Chaos, Connecting, Culture, Embrace the chaos, Facebook, Family, Friends, Friendship, Happiness, Inspiration, Life, Parenting, Relationships, Sales, Work
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