My Acquired Taste For Chinese New Year
When my Chinese wife and I were married in 1991, we had a Jewish ceremony that was performed by a female artist rabbi from...
Missteps And Miracles – On The Path To My First Book
The guy walking about 50 paces ahead of me at the speed of a roadrunner on meth is the subject of the book I’ve...
How Long Can Best Friends Last – Without Facebook?
In a recent op-ed in The New York Times, columnist Bret Stephens lambasted Facebook's top brass Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sanders for pretending to...
The Christmas E-Card That Wouldn’t Stop Giving
Remember old-school Christmas cards? You’d be in the home stretch of a grueling year, almost too exhausted to summon the energy to ring out...
The Most Difficult Person I’ve Ever Known
When the most indispensable person in your life is also the most impossible
Ambivalence. Cognitive dissonance. Love-hate. These are just the tip of the emotional...
How Do You Avoid The Battle Scars Of A Corporate Communications...
Confession: The title of this story is a trick question. Take it from me and my three-plus decades of experience as a corporate communications...
Coincidences – No Such Thing?
You hear it all the time: There are no coincidences; Everything happens for a reason. It’s what Humphrey Bogart, playing Rick Blaine in a...
My Summer Vacation Abroad – Four Big Lessons
When I retired a year and a half ago, I thought my life was going to be one long vacation. Although I had planned...
The Summer Team-Building Retreat: A Love–Hate Relationship
If this were two years ago, before I retired from my company after a 35-year career, I’d be knee-deep in planning for the dreaded...
A MeToo Moment For Suicide
The past week has felt like an immersion course in suicide. On Tuesday, high-end fashion handbag designer Kate Spade was found dead in her...