Why You Can Chill Out About Other People

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Deirdre Maloney

A few weeks ago I was weaving my way through an art exhibit. It was set up so that you went through it in a single file line. Sounds simple, right? Except people don’t view art in the exact same way. Some could spend a whole day doing it. Others... ...not so much. This particular exhibit entranced me. My pace slowed, and soon there was a widening gap be...

A Tale of Two Freak-Outs

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Deirdre Maloney

What better way to learn a valuable, humbling lesson than by having a total, unadulterated freak-out? Having two of them. I would know. Though Santa was not involved, both of my personal incidents were still special in their own way, and each actually had a different fix. Yet, in the end, they both pointed to the same, spectacularly dramatic lesson ab...

Why Work-Life Balance is Bogus…and How to Get it Anyway

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Deirdre Maloney

Recently I found myself tackling an ambitiously crazy to-do list. I decided to update my website, start writing my new book, get new client business, keep my blog going and join an extremely well-connected new committee. Oh, and I wanted to have a little fun, too. I told myself it was completely doable. I just needed to focus on my work-life balance, to c...

How Your Big Goal May Be Holding You Back

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Deirdre Maloney

Yesterday found me at a beloved spot in good old Southern California: the beach. Ah yes, the beach. Whether on a lake, the banks of the river or the Pacific Ocean…most of us have experienced that magical strip of sand that meets some body of water and extricates a bit of joy from deep down. Most of us have also discovered the other truth about the beach… ...

Lessons Learned from Living with 40 People for 14 Days

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Deirdre Maloney

The last few weeks found me roaming around China. I’d like to say I did it with a sturdy map and an ever sturdier pair of exploring legs, but that would be a big, fat lie. Instead, hubby and I signed up for a tour...one that found us on a bus, at meals and in hotels with 40 other people. Now, we all know that vacationing with others - even those we know - c...

The Real Reason You Don’t Get Work Done

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Deirdre Maloney

A few weeks ago I borrowed the office of a friend, who let me use for an hour while I was in-between meetings. Soon I overheard some chatter next door. It went something like this: “…so then I arrived for the procedure and the doctors weren’t ready for me…and then they didn’t even apologize. And then I had to fill out my insurance information all over again…...