If you're reading this book review, you've probably seen the original essay that went viral in 2008. This is a volume of essays published in 2014 that includes that first one, which aged very well over the past 12 years. Yes, yes, yes, hell, yes. An entire new word, "mansplaining" came into existence because she gave us language to discuss this ( Read more... )

Last week I stayed at a lovely Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Diego. The rooms were nice, clean, with balconies and good carpets with room to do yoga. I grumbled a bit about being next to the really loud elevators, but quickly got used to the sound ( Read more... )

A client of mine told me a joke yesterday. It was a pleasant moment, and the joke was vaguely delightful, but I've either heard it before or could guess the ending. I was musing this morning that it was probably something I'd read in the margins of Reader's Digest in the 70's. Those are now known as "Dad jokes." But why DAD jokes? Well, because ( Read more... )

Guess who has two thumbs (and also two breasts) and just got tapped to write for Forbes?

Smashing the Patriarchy, baby, smashing the patriarchy.

On Wednesdays I smash the patriarchy. It's kind of a long-term goal and I chip away at it bit by bit. But as I focus on stretch goals, on long-term ways to better myself, I've got a bunch like this stewing around in my head. These are actual goals, not dreams: I know the difference. Hence my work with Strategic Coach (see that last entry about ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went out for a beer in downtown Toronto. It is a strange thing to zap myself magically into another country for a day, but for the next three years, maybe more, I am going to be commuting to Toronto once a quarter ( Read more... )

I've been getting executive coaching since November, 2017. I meet with the coach virtually for an hour every two weeks or so (with time off for tax season, etc). It's an oddly helpful thing. I often can't see where or how she helped me, but I can see the problems I brought to the engagement being slowly solved. I like to think that I do this for my ( Read more... )