Entrepreneurial Woes

I was talking to my friend, Michelle Wolverton yesterday, who works as a virtual assistant.  This means she takes on various tasks for clients on a project by project basis, helping them manage their businesses and time, on an as-needed basis.  Like many service based...

Negotiation Skills

I had a friend in law school who had a five year old daughter.  When Gail was taking Mediation and Negotiation, she said it as the easiest class she ever took, because she got nightly practice with her child, sharpening and honing the skills in her own little...

Social Contracts and Constructs

A friend of mine from out of town came to spend the night- he had a speaking gig nearby, and so he came to the “Hoffman B & B”- bed and breakfast at our house.  It was super to see him, and I am so glad he stopped by.  He also did something really...

Quick thoughts on Education….

I got a postcard today from a virtual charter school.  One where kids can essentially take all their classes from home, on the computer.  I called them up, not because I am dying to enroll my kids, but because I wondered if they could take some of the classes- like a...