Category: My thoughts

Life takes you to unexpected places. Love brings you home…. 0

Life takes you to unexpected places. Love brings you home….

I’ve been radio silent lately – not only did I switch jobs, but I moved states. I consider home to be in Arizona – a true transplanted southerner. Although I did not move from...

You have arrived: how does one define success? 0

You have arrived: how does one define success?

I once had a navigation system that when I reached my programmed destination, it would say “You have arrived.” I would circle the block just to hear that over and over. In a professional...

Can you be yourself at work? 0

Can you be yourself at work?

Recently, I spoke to an executive coach who says she works with executives for years before many can finally accept who they are – and let themselves be themselves. I tried to find a really...

ERMAGOSH – my 2008 Phoenix FBI Citizens Academy Graduation Speech 0

ERMAGOSH – my 2008 Phoenix FBI Citizens Academy Graduation Speech

This was the speech – nearly verbatim – from my 2008 Phoenix FBI Citizens Academy. I am positive that a few words were changed in the delivery. Janet Napolitano, Arizona’s then governor was the...

Twitter Disassociative Personality Disorder 0

Twitter Disassociative Personality Disorder

Do you tweet? Happy to follow you – with all my handles. See – I have multiple Twitter personalities. Well, they are all pretty much the same thing…I just can’t decide. Of course, I...

at the Heart of Privacy 0

at the Heart of Privacy

Privacy is increasingly becoming more important to the average person, but we do not live in a world that values individual privacy. Technology makes the idea of privacy even more incredulous. To effectively create...