All Entries in the "Work" Category

Women on the Web; Good News and Bad

The Good News:I WANT MEDIAs leading “media people of the year” are women. They are Arianna Huffington followed by Tina Fey and Rachel Maddow. The remaining seven leaders are men. http://www.iwantmedia.com/personoftheyear/08.html

The Bad News: Take a look at leweb’s lineup of speakers and sponsors. The ratio is about 6 men for every woman speaker.

Do the best you can - Susan Sawyers

With just days to go before the school year comes to an end and all of the celebrations, birthdays, ceremonies, not to mention day-to-day routines, I need to remind myself of the quality time we have together. It’s not quantity. The right thing is to love my boy all up. It’s the best I can do.

When a work ethic conflicts with fun - Sue Smalley

Scientists are showing that play is important for health and well-being, having fun makes us live happier and healthier lives. So what stops us from having fun?

Mindfulness is not neutral. Diana Winston

Mindfulness is a matter of remembering to be mindful, and then shifting our attention to a more receptive and open state where we’re fully present with things exactly as they are. But what happens when you’re fully present as you’re committing a bank robbery?

Teach your children well: they’ll be gone before you know it. Sue Smalley

At 53, I play the game of life from an ‘infinite’ perspective, where the only goal is to keep the game going and engage as many players as possible.

Working moms. Amy Spies

It’s a job that requires being in many mental and emotional places at once, to balance all kinds of projects simultaneously. It’s a position where the unexpected can and does happen…and that’s par for the course.

Way to go Janet!

Rising expectations for the future of film distribution paved the way for a pair of important industry moves within the independent movie industry today. . .