I just learned that Joy Covey has passed away due to a bicycle accident. As I wrote in a previous blog post, I almost worked for Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com CEO–and, that all happened because of Joy’s generosity during a job search in my 20s: The Amazon.com CFO was Joy Covey. I think she’s awesome. Well, I met
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Live Blues, Raw Oysters and Young Love
900 oysters. Two bars. A toe-tappin’ and beer-swillin’ rhythm & blues band. Rosé champagne. Shots of electric blue Curaçao. Young love. That was my night last evening, and it was a long chain of gift-giving and opportunism that led to it. Let me explain. I love to cook and a friend sent me a gift,
Amazing Video Called ‘This Is Water’
A cool part about blogging is that it leads to the unexpected. A friend, who knows I’m an avid fly fisherman, talks about the importance of “unexpected turns in the river” in life. An email yesterday from Scott Denne brought that home. Now, knowing Scott was also a turn in the river. We first interacted
Parents: How Do We Learn ‘Best Practices’?
Isn’t it strange? We have coaches for sports, trainers for exercise, mentors for entrepreneurs–but, we get practically zero assistance for parenting? I mean, wouldn’t it be helpful to learn “tips and tricks” or “lessons learned” or “best practices”? I don’t know if as a parent you’ve experienced something different, but we all could use a
A Weekend of Heavy Breathing
Well, that was an interesting weekend. I was in a meeting room on Saturday and Sunday for a “self compassion meditation workshop.” The moderators were Harvard’s Chris Germer and Kristin Neff, a self-compassion expert. As I’ve blogged before, many of us have an interior voice that criticizes us. “That’s so stupid!” “You’re so lazy!” “You’re
On This 9/11
I woke up early this morning and am surprised to find that it’s 9/11. I won’t ever forget that day 12 years ago. It was a beautiful fall morning with bright-blue skies. I had just finished a breakfast meeting and there was a TV nearby. There were images of a burning building in NYC. I