My heart was pounding as I handed my youngest child the stack of N95 masks, tea and Tylenol. I watched my son carefully assembling the familiar packing cubes for the 8-week internship he was starting in San Francisco. The luggage had last been used 90 days ago. It had carried...
If this is the first week of school and you’ve just dropped your kid off at university “You mean it doesn’t get any easier?” she asked, loading storage units, clothes, musical instruments to drop her daughter off as a freshman at college. I was loading my lonely luggage into the car...
I am celebrating this year of writing by sharing six different and wonderful reviews of the book that came together once I got into a habit of daily writing. "Emotions create habits" -- BJ Fogg Tiny Habits 3-6-5-series: This post is part of a series: Celebrating 365 days of continuous writing Simple Discipline Takes...
Are you having a tough time dealing with the volume of information and data in this crisis too? The speed with which events have moved during this crisis meant that there was a lot of information to handle in the early weeks. Much of the information and suggestions were conflicting. I found...
What early childhood experiences shaped the career choices of your future? I am very lucky to have a direct line to common sense information in the midst of this Corona crisis. My sister is an Epidemiologist. She lectures at LSHTM (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and has literally written...
There are so many other things you were supposed to be doing, so many other places you should have been. At moments like this, is there anything more that can be said? ...
E40: Gen Z is leaning on parents as career influencers. More than peers or professors as they make major career decisions. How can we use this information? This episode is inspired by a post that I wrote for CERIC in honour of Family Day (link below). (07:00 min listen, 04:00 min...
E32: Think outside the box. 2:34 min listen, 3 min read. First figure out the box In the previous episode, we talked about the value of critical thinking as an EQ skill, and the fact that there is a 4-step method that assists in nurturing it. In his HBR article ‘A Short Guide...
E31: 4:17 min listen, 3 min read Why employers are searching for Critical Thinking This is a conversation about critical thinking, one of the special EQ (emotional quotient) skills. Boost your employability 'This soft skill will boost your employability' was the clickbait title of a WEF article. So, naturally, I clicked. And that skill? Critical...
E28: Once upon a time ...