I hired a fitness coach. Those who know me may be surprised. Why do I need a coach? I am active and eat well. I’ve been doing Pilates for the last ten years and I recently began practicing yoga. I walk on average 12K steps a day. So, why am I getting a fitness coach?
Read MoreSunday, March 10th at 2AM we leaped into the future, so to speak. Granted, it was only by one hour, but even so, this was a “back to the future” moment of sorts. Except we couldn’t go back to change the past in order to create a different future like Michael J. Fox’s beloved character Marty McFly.
Read MoreI am a Jew. I have known that since childhood, and not because my parents told me we were Jewish or they kept a Jewish household and followed Jewish traditions (very few people in the Soviet Union did), but because from an early age I was tagged. “5th Paragraph” was the primary tagging mechanism.
Read MoreGary was a young man in his late twenties when he became my boss. I was a new employee. My English was broken (literally) and my computer skills were questionable. So here I was in a cubicle, coding away, scared to death that my new boss would fire me any minute.
Read MoreRecently, I met with a group of college graduates who were visiting the studio. When they walked into my office, it was clear they were impressed by their surroundings: the office, the view, and the title on the door. One brave soul asked: “How did you build your career? How did you start? What does it take to end up in an office like this?”
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