by Whitney | Jun 27, 2009 | business, economics, education, finance
I was with a group of friends recently and we were discussing conferences. One person said “Was it worth it? Would you have been annoyed if you had spent that much of your own money to attend?” And it struck me right there and then- we treat the money...
by Whitney | Jun 10, 2009 | business, community, education
There’s nothing more frustrating than feeling powerless. But what’s more tragic is when people actually have the tools at hand to change their situation, but feel trapped or unable to act. Psychologists call this learned helplessness. One of the best...
by Whitney | Dec 29, 2008 | education, learning, Uncategorized
I love quotes, and while I thought I’d shoot for ten, telling you why I like these makes this post pretty long. So I’ll just gather my favorite quotes here, fixed number be damned…. 1. You can do anything, as long as you are prepared to deal with the...
by Whitney | Dec 14, 2008 | books, business, economics, education, learning
There’s always a year end meme that goes something like “Top Ten (insert noun here) of the Year”, so I thought I would do one of my own in a bunch of sequential posts (ten perhaps??). Here’s number one: Top Ten Books I Read This Year –...
by Whitney | Jul 3, 2008 | education, learning, Uncategorized
One of the things I think we do REALLY poorly in this country is teaching our kids how money works. I didn’t get a course in economics until college, but most of the best lessons I learned about money were through various jobs. One was working as a customer...
by Whitney | May 19, 2008 | education, learning, new media
A friend of mine asked what I thought about lawyers using social media tools for communication and networking. I wrote a long email back, and it became clear there was a blog post brewing, so here it is- my thoughts on the use of social media for professions,...
