work life balance

Vacation, Jazz Festivals and Chocolate Pudding Shots

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ July 21, 2012 ⋅ 6 comments

How do you feel when everyone goes on vacation? If you are like me, there is a tiny tinge of jealousy. Especially when the autoresponder says they won’t be back […]

How to Never Lose Anything Again

By Susan Kim ⋅ August 11, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Driving through a deep tunnel can be a bit stressful. Doing it while driving a huge truck and a trailer increases the stress level considerably. Being stopped by the New […]

Stuck in the Past? 10 Advice Tips from the Ghost Whisperer

By Jessica Sitomer ⋅ June 10, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments

Melinda Gordon, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt in the Ghost Whisperer, communicates with ghosts who can’t move on because of unfinished business from their past. The obvious message for those of us who don’t get the opportunity to communicate with spirits, is: If you don’t learn from the mistakes of your past, your future will give you more of what you don’t like in your present.

What Saturday Night Live Taught Me About Time Management

By Susan Kim ⋅ May 19, 2011 ⋅ 7 comments

When Tina Fey was first promoted to head writer at SNL, she was stressed over all the sketches she had to edit and felt there was no way she could […]

Why the Best Time Management Strategy Involves Taking Off Your Clothes

By Susan Kim ⋅ April 8, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments

Despite all books you’ve bought on time management (some you even read), the seminars on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and the best intentioned to-do lists, somehow you […]

Want to Be Happier? Log Off After Reading This

By Susan Kim ⋅ March 4, 2011 ⋅ 5 comments

When’s the last time you had a great conversation and not just some idle chit-chat? According to a recent study, the deeper your conversations, the happier you are. And you can’t have real conversations if you’re behind a computer.

Hate Being Late? Those Waiting Hate It More

By Susan Kim ⋅ February 4, 2011 ⋅ 16 comments

Which limb are you missing? That’s the way my uber-punctual friend and I greet each other if either of us is ever late (which happens once a decade). Our feeling […]

5 Lessons for Finding Your Ideal Executive Gig

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ December 20, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

In 2008, revenues were falling precipitously at a 75-person multinational public relations agency as clients pulled back on their PR efforts in the face of the oncoming economic crisis. Amy […]

How to Lose 20 Lbs, Gain 4 Hours, and Get More Friends

By Susan Kim ⋅ December 16, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

Internet ads often claim they can change your life with a click. And it’s true – a click can change your life. Just click “off” on your TV remote. Why […]