Here is my question for all of you. Do you still have a land line at home and if so, why?
I recently read a very interesting New York Times article. The premise of the article was how important those friends we make at our first jobs are to us both personally and professionally. The article went on to examine how the current generation of professionals are losing this benefit, due to the onslaught of virtual workplaces.
If you read last week’s blog, you know I posted from Philly. We stayed in the historic part and just a few blocks from our hotel, we could walk to the Museum of the American Revolution.
A good friend shared his grand daughter's artwork with me and it immediately inspired thoughts and potential uses. She is a smart and talented woman making her way in the world and I found her creativity and the story behind it fascinating.
Inspiration is a sacred revelation that I find in many places. It can be described as exhilarating, exciting, and can lead to incredible ideas. This heightened sense goes farther when you involve other people as often happens in my creative meetings at work.
There’s an old Yiddish expression (aren’t all Yiddish expressions “old”?) - “Man plans and God laughs.”As we come out of the restrictions of the pandemic, we are planning more.
In the new bio-pic “Elvis”, Baz Luhrmann, gives us a glorious look at the biggest star of the 1950’s and 1960’s. We are left looking at the Man versus the Myth. The movie plays it loose with events and chronology. Luhrmann, the director of “Moulin Rouge” and “The Great Gatsby”, is known for his over the top style that celebrates glitz over substance.
It is hot outside, really hot. And I am a fan of cold, really cold. Artificially cooled air that is, not the winter blustery kind.