This week was a special and bittersweet for me. It was the last week that I will ever volunteer in my daughter’s kindergarten class. It was the last “kindergarten end-of-year” picnic I will attend for one of my kids. It was a reminder that my kids are growing up fast. It was also a reminder […]
Management
The fine art of knowing when to step in and when to step back
One of the most important lessons I learned from parenthood (and from my own parents) is the importance of letting people try things on their own. Your child won’t learn to walk if you do all the walking. She won’t learn to play a sport if you keep her on the sidelines. People learn best […]
The power of timing and patterns—and taking advantage of them
A few weeks ago, as I was walking through downtown Denver, admiring all the new construction around Union Station, I was reminded of the power of timing. I compared downtown Denver to downtown Long Beach (California). Two cities with two downtown development plans and two different outcomes. Downtown Denver is booming—lofts going up everywhere, corporations […]