I saw a news story the other day fitting of the season. Once a year, a group of friends goes on an excursion together. They pick a different local restaurant and make a reservation for lunch or dinner. It takes about three weeks to pick just the right restaurant and usually about ten friends join this annual tradition. Each agrees to bring …
We are headed towards those few weeks a year when the world actually does slow down. This year, we have vowed to really take advantage of at least a few days. Don’t get angry with me – but I am actually hoping for just a little snow. Not enough to shut things down or interfere with travel. But just enough to enjoy that feeling opening my …
As I write my blog, I am looking forward to our holiday extravaganza. Every year, we come together to celebrate, applaud our new connections and friends, and toast to a year well done. This year will be no exception. We are in a new location with a new excitement. It has been quite a year in our little network we call Gotham. We have grown …
This past week, Australia became the first country to enact a social media ban for anyone under the age of 16. The bill is aimed at safeguarding the mental health of young people but critics ask how can its terms possibly be enforced? Social media platforms must verify the age of their users. How will that happen? Apparently, some platforms mi …
Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence. It is showing up in so many different ways. You can’t even do a google search anymore without AI results. We have lots of technology tools available at our law firm to make document production easier – proofreading and editing tools, template tools, timekeeping tools and the list goes on. I k …
I read an article recently about the value of smiling to be an effective salesperson. The premise of the article was that success is driven by a positive attitude and conveying that positive attitude in the sales process – not only to a prospective purchaser but to everyone along the way from introduction to close. What do you think? Does a …
Holiday shopping seems to start earlier and earlier every year. Just around Halloween this year, I started to notice that the 2024 holiday season had already begun. Really? Is next year's season going to start at Labor Day? I am not convinced that I mind the early appearance of the end-year holidays. I like festive. And we have so many fa …
I know we all talked about Halloween last week but I needed to share this heartwarming story. Each year in my neighborhood, we have fewer and fewer “trick or treaters”. Maybe the neighborhood is aging, I’m not sure. This year a group of adorable youngsters dressed as goblins and ghouls came by to scare and leave with a treat. They each polite …
We did on Sunday. Early voting in New York has made it so much more convenient to get out and vote. This year in my town, they added more locations to make it even easier. We stuck to our standard early voting location and waited on line for a while. The line wasn’t really a surprise. We had planned for the wait but that gave us the chance to …
In the course of making a new business acquaintance, I was asked to describe my practice philosophy. What a great question, I thought to myself. I don’t recall having ever been asked that question in a networking context. The answer, I quickly concluded, revealed more about me professionally than my answer to the standard, “what do you do?” …
What does it say about my family that our vacations turn into a food tour? This past week we visited my son and his girlfriend. They live in Southern Virginia. We were there for shy of four days – including a full 24 hours of a fasting holiday. Yet somehow, we cooked two huge (delicious) meals, enjoyed a new brunch spot serving potato pancake …
We have entered a very exciting baseball playoff season for our NY teams. In that spirit, I had a super fun conversation with my aunt this weekend. I learned that she was a huge Brooklyn Dodgers fan and spent many an afternoon in the mid-1950s at Ebbets Field. With crystal clarity, she recalled watching exciting games with family and friends, …
I have to admit, I am a bit of a news junkie. I will read, watch and listen in multiple modes and medium. Sometimes though, I feel like I have to turn it all off. Just for the chance to take a breath and absorb everything happening in the world around us, I sometimes need to refrain from my ordinary and just listen to music. Frankly, that do …
Have you noticed? Felt it in the air? We are on a roll! I am all charged up because of our Bring-A-Guest meeting yesterday. Were you there? I promise -- you should not miss the next one. You may recall that BAG was a pandemic child, born of a membership committee brainstorm to create a virtual party of connecting. Cost of admission, brin …
Imagine if that were a real question in conversation rather than just an expected exchange of pleasantries. We all say it, sort of like muscle memory. But are we really asking the other person to share how they truly are in that moment? Perhaps they just had a difficult conversation with a family member. Or maybe they are worried about the stabi …
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