by Whitney | Nov 6, 2010 | community, economics, education, happiness, learning
When working with clients, I try to provide tools, more than recipes. Tools give you the ability to create. Tools are useful in many circumstances. Mastery of tools takes time, and continues long beyond acquiring them. A Hammer, for example, is a great tool. You...
by Whitney | Sep 5, 2009 | business, community, education, happiness, learning, social media
A couple of my friends have recently come out with fantastic books- Mitch Joel wrote “Six Pixels of Separation” and Chris Brogan and and Julien Smith have come out with the New York Times best selling Trust Agents. Both books discuss how people are...
by Whitney | Oct 16, 2008 | business, community, economics, finance, happiness, learning, new media, recommendations
I’m interviewing Marcus Buckingham for my podcast, and I got to thinking about a quote from an old book of his that can be best paraphrased as what’s common sense and obvious to you, isn’t always obvious to the next person. Your insights seem like...
by Whitney | May 31, 2007 | happiness
I’m reading Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (well, listening to it- I love Audible.com – great for commutes and car rides not taken up by podcasts). It sounds like another pop psych book, but it’s really about one of my favorite topics- How...
