Lessons From My Sons

On the work front, it's been a banner week for my boys. One was promoted into supervisory training, one was assigned to help manage operations for a major store remodel, and one was accepted into his first choice for graduate school. Am I a proud mom or what? Still, I have learned a lot by …

Power to the Pomodoro!

"The hardest part is getting started." That's what my aunt, a self-made multi-millionaire, used to say. It certainly worked for her. "The next-hardest part is staying focused." That's my corollary for the busy age in which we live. So many distractions (like reading this blog post), so few of them productive. Send in the tomato! …