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Read more: Some advice from Wangari MaathiaYou may not recognize the name Wangari Maathai. I do because I heard her speak at a Dallas Women’s Foundation luncheon in October 2006. Maathai,…
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Read more: Some advice from Steve JobsWe heard a news clip from a speech Steve Jobs made at commencement at Stanford University in June 2005—and, of course, it was easy to…
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Read more: Refilling my cupI had arrived 15 minutes early for my meeting with Joy, and I had some work I wanted to finish before our appointment. I knew…
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Read more: Relief and hopeSince January, my daughter Ranna has battled breast cancer. It has been a tough battle. She had an aggressive cancer and has seen many doctors…
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Read more: Gift from the SeaBecause I’m feeling a little harried this week, I was thinking about our last blog post and about how it’s important to take mini-vacations. It…
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Read more: “I wandered lonely as a cloud”Fayteen’s recent blog post about how we all need to take mini-vacations throughout the year reminded me of one of my mother’s favorite poems. Wordsworth…
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Read more: Three warnings for gulpersWe talked in our last blog post about my brother James’ observation that people can be divided into gulpers and sippers. Gulpers, he says, are…
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Read more: Do you gulp or sip?My brother James classifies people into two groups—gulpers or sippers. He started thinking about gulpers and sippers during the 1970s when he was in college.…
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Read more: Our magnificent chocolate cakeThe newspaper photograph inspired my husband Jerry. After we both had admired the photo of the tall buttermilk chocolate cake, covered with a thick coating…
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Read more: What’s new?Fayteen came racing into my office and demanded: “Read this.” As I read the e-mail message about a book that offers “secrets” for success, Fayteen…