Paul Levy has a lot to say about leadership. After all, he’s had plenty of practice as the head of the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority during the harbor clean up and as head of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center when it came back from the brink of demise. His ideas are sometimes counter intuitive and often a radical break from conventional wisdom. And...
Read MoreIn an effort to boost my creativity and to take life a little less seriously, I recently signed up for an on line drawing class called “Silly 5” offered by Carla Sonheim, author of Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists. She uses classes like this to sort of trick people into learning how to draw. Although the assignments are to do silly things like drawing your feet...
Read MoreSome days the stories get stuck. You know what to say, but not how to say it. Or worse, you’re not even sure what to say, you just know you have to say something. You could stare blankly at a blank screen. You could go eat a quart of ice cream and run around the block ten times. But sooner or later you have to actually put letters together to form words that...
Read MoreAs I was debating whether I really wanted to go on a long run this weekend, my dear six-year-old looked at me with her earnest blue eyes and said, “Why are running so far?” This is the million dollar question that you need to ask yourself whenever you write. Why am I writing this blog? Why am I writing this newsletter? Why am I writing this poem, book,...
Read MoreI ran seven miles this weekend. And while this is the lead in to a writing lesson, I absolutely admit that I’m also bragging a bit. I am not a “runner.” Historically, I have not liked running much, although I have run off and on again over the years. I did it mostly because I knew I should to get/stay fit. I never had high aspirations, however....
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