TALES FROM THE PATH

A few years ago, I had the chance to work with a razor-sharp and passionate doctor named Meika Neblett, who at the time was the Emergency Room Director and Assistant Chief Medical Officer at CarePoint Health - Hoboken.

Whether you’re moving to a new city, starting in a new position, dealing with a reorganization at work or coping with job loss, you can successfully navigate the phases of transition by utilizing your emotional intelligence.

Recognize this guy? Probably not, but if you’re a Mad Men fan, you’ll surely remember his gripping monologue in the last moments of the finale. The raw power of this man’s story – about how he’s felt uninteresting and invisible his whole life, like last week’s leftovers – hits...

Eden’s top picks   Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler This is, hands down, the best book I’ve read (and re-read) on how to navigate through challenging conversations to achieve a positive solution – whether the exchange is...

By Jennifer Zaslow   What can we learn about personal and professional development from watching Turner Classic Movies? A lot, it turns out.  Does this scene ring a bell? Dorothy: Oh, will you help me? Can you help me? Glinda, the Good Witch: You don’t need to be helped...

By Patrice Keitt     How many times have you been engaged in a conversation or in a meeting and realized that you have no idea what was just said because your mind was wandering? How often do you find yourself thinking of what you are going to say...

“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even...

On a recent road trip to Stowe, VT, my daughter and I unexpectedly drove past Ben & Jerry’s flagship factory, which happens to be located in the town next door. When we saw the sign announcing daily tours and tastes, we couldn’t believe our luck. Ben & Jerry’s is...

Based on the findings of several recent experiments, it seems that we'd rather give ourselves a shock or two – or 190! To learn more about our societal reflection deficit, why having stupid hobbies is important and get tips and insights on a few other interesting topics, check...

  Two of my three children are heading off to two different sleep away camps tomorrow for the first time. We’re all excited and a little anxious, and there’s another emotion in the mix that I alone am experiencing: relief. Relief that I managed, very late in the game, to...

Someone with a book addiction probably shouldn’t have an office across the street from Strand Bookstore, and yet, here I am. This year, though, rather than just sharing the titles I read over the last 12 months that really grabbed me, I’m also going to include links to some...

Did you know that of the 45% of Americans who usually make new year’s resolutions and the 17% who occasionally do, only 8% are successful in achieving their goals? The number one resolution in 2012 – as it is, I imagine, every year – was to lose weight. You...

It was fun to pull together my “faves” lists – websites, books, even music – for my new website, but I hadn’t spent much time thinking about quotes until someone asked me recently to share my favorite . . . and I discovered that I couldn’t narrow the list...

Last week I attended an excellent workshop on negotiating entitled Don’t Ask, Don’t Get led by two seasoned executives, Jeanne Haws and Maria Pignatero Nielsen, with extensive experience on both sides of the deal-making table. It was billed as a Lean In event for women with graduate degrees or careers...

Like most other reasonable people across the country, I’m appalled by the power struggle in Washington, D.C. that has shut down the government. From an ideological standpoint, I couldn’t agree less with the Tea Party’s anti-government platform. I don’t understand their incomprehensibly vehement opposition to expanding health care coverage....

Go Polynesian! Or at least learn how to travel like one. Thought-provoking questions included.

What can Buddha teach you about a 3 year-old and time? A lot.

I’ve been reading a lot lately, the predictable result of continuing to indulge my Amazon Prime-fueled book addiction. If I were serious about reforming my ways, I’d apply what I learned from reading Charles Duhigg’s fascinating book, The Power of Habit, to nudge myself into my neighborhood library, or...

2012 was a big year.

I watched a gut-wrenching documentary on HBO the other night called Hard Times: Lost on Long Island, that takes an unflinching look at the human cost of this Great Recession. Afterwards, I couldn’t stop thinking and worrying about the fate of the individuals (and their families) I’d met, whose lives...

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