by Whitney | Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
The key to happy relationships is realistic expectations. Managing expectations is not easy. It tends to involve a lot of emotional churning from time to time, where you want X but the other person can only deliver Y, and no matter what you do or how you respond,...
by Whitney | Dec 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
We’re all asked to help out in big ways and small every day. We’re currently in the season of giving, and the ask ratio has gone up tremendously across the board. My general rule is that while we give some money every year, I also like to go do things-...
by Whitney | Nov 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
I found a new favorite podcast recently- TheRSA.org. The RSA describes itself as: For over 250 years the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress. Our...
by Whitney | Nov 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
One of the hardest things to do is to stop yourself from wasting time, getting distracted or getting involved in things that, in the big picture, matter little. For example, it is SO easy to get caught up in family or friend drama. People want others to listen to...
by Whitney | Oct 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve been having a lot of conversations with businesses recently about different projects and how to move them forward. Never forget to make the “end user interface”- what the customer first sees, and how they interact with your business- as easy...
by Whitney | Oct 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
The current political season is driving me crazy. I have, for some time, joked that all candidates for public office should have to do two things : 1) Take the current SAT test and publish their scores, and 2) Take a basic civics test, like the one all immigrants...
