Gloria Steinem just celebrated her 84th birthday. Steve Jobs observed. "There are few people in history who have made a dent in the universe during their lifetime, and Steinem is one of them." She certainly changed the possibilities available to me and my peers as women aspiring to equal opportunity in the business world. She says, "I never guessed that embracing the right to my own identity, power, and freedom would resonate with others the way it did."
Read moreBeing You
It’s not easy to be genuine all the time — to allow the raw and ungainly aspects of ourselves to be seen and evaluated by the world at large. We chafe at the idea of being humiliated.
Read moreFlower Power
Do you have a favorite flower? Yesterday the winter doldrums were getting to me. I found myself heading to my favorite flower shop to choose blooms to brighten our holiday table. As I entered, the vibrant colors and distinctive scents lifted my spirits. I remember a theory that we favor the flower that best compliments our personality. Each species symbolizes different traits, meanings, and emotions. I’m not sure exactly who decides this, but here’s what “they” say.
Read moreCyber News
Should we be excited or worried by advances in technology? There are innovators dedicated to using cyber to better our lives, and scammers equally determined to use computers for covert destructiveness. There’s global evidence that hacker attacks on system networks will become the most devastating form of future warfare.
Read moreHaiku
Haiku are an ancient form of poetry that captures a distinct moment in time, and paints a visual image of it with but a few carefully selected words in a specific meter. If you’re a fan of long descriptive passages or rhyming stanzas, you won’t find them in haiku — they’re short and to the point. I’ve tried writing haiku and it requires great discipline, but enjoying them does not.
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