No doubt we are all anxious. The constant news cycle, pandemic cases rising, personal losses mounting. It is very tough times. And then the constant low level anxiety that permeates our day and thoughts: How do I get through all of my virtual meetings, emails, social media posts and phone calls? How Does Anxiety Show-up…
Category: Self-Managment
All about showing up as our best self and getting out of our own way so we can do the work and be who we are supposed to be.
Wishes for an Un-Annoying 2021!
Thanks for all of your support and love throughout 2020. Looking forward to even better times. Stay Audacious, Ilene
Tackle Simpler This Year
The holiday season is here. If you are like me, New Years comes fast. Resolutions remind me of past promises not kept. I know I am not alone. Wanting a simpler life is a good goal. Forbes reports less than 25% of people follow through on New Years resolutions by years end. In 2021, find…
Tell It Loud & Proud
What an experience to be one of the story tellers chosen by the Academy of Music Theatre and New England Public Radio in Season 6 of the Valley Voices Story Slam series! The Rules are Clear and Simple True stories told live without notes. Hear some outrageous, funny and heartwarming true stories told in five minutes by your friends and neighbors from…
Stay Agile
Being Agile in an agile world is no easy feat. Are you project management agile? Below is a quick “cheat sheet” on the fundamental principles of being agile taken from project management to guide your efforts. It covers the top 10 most popular agile project management software tools – totally applicable to all business and personal…
One Thing
If there was one thing you could do to make your life easier, would you do it? Would you take one simple act to make your day smooth sailing? As a result would you feel better? Would those around you notice? Let’s hedge our bets and say, I want to. Often I am just not…
Are These Unprecedented Times?
The only constant is change. Said by Heraclitus (Greek Philosopher) We say it. We read it. We meme it. But do we mean it? I have lived through the JFK assassination. When I started to drive, there were gas shortages and lines. Y2K (computers implode at the turn of the century) didn’t scare me off…
Management Lessons From My Smart Phone
I want an explosion! Not in real life of course. On my handheld in a video game. It makes me smile when like items line up and explode, disintegrate and fly off the page. Then the cartoon power graphics virtually pat me on the back: Well Done! Great Job! You Win! It doesn’t matter if…
Like Yesterday
I remember 9-11 like yesterday. The shaking ground. The burning falling sky. The smell of death and destruction. I remember being evacuated form the 21st floor only a block away from the falling towers. I walked with thousands of others, in silence, in fear uptown. With no cell service, no idea of what was going…