I admit, I may be a little sensitive having just stepped off the Playa. My expectations of innovation have been elevated. But come on people, just because it's B2b marketing doesn't mean it has to be boring. Actually, I'm being nice to call what I experienced last week boring. The "demand generation" hit I experienced for Marketing Sherpa's fall B2b …
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"So, what did you do today?" What an oppressive question. I ask it of myself over and over and over throughout any given day. If you're like me, you wake up on the weekend, especially for those of us white collar folks in the crowd, with a to-do list as long as Santa's nice list. …
All my life I've had to contend with people wanting my mom to be theirs. Really, even into adulthood people will tell me, "I wish your mom was my mom." If I had a dollar... Yep, I got me the best and I knows it. I've always known it. But does my mom know it? …
A few years ago I started meditating in earnest in the hopes of discovering my true life purpose and quiet some of the demons that perpetually scream in my head. I didn't realize that meditation was really a way to sort through the voices in my head but well, that's what it became. One particular …
This weekend was the best I've had in months except for the previous weekend which I spent with a friend in the Redwoods helping her clear land during the day, and playing violin and piano together throughout the dark evening. Most of you who know me well, or all 20 of you who read my …
The best day of the holiday season for me is always December 31. No, not because I drink desperately and dance like my life depended on it although with the right dress... It’s because I love a nice annual retrospective to prepare myself mentally for the coming year. There’s something about knowing that it’s the …
Lately everyone I talk to seems to be going through some transition, transformation, or major life challenge. People are struggling with relationships, finances, career choices...you know the drill. For those of us privileged enough to make it to middle-age, life tends to get bigger, more intense, and the decisions we make are now more important …
Now that Facebook is down, it seemed a good time to share my thoughts on a pretty serious and popular topic. Thank the Lord for Twitter because where else would we have gotten the breaking dialogue on this exciting, or as some people might see it, tragic outage. First there was alqaeda (okay fake alqaeda) …
Last night I sat spellbound as the board members of the GGMC (Golden Gate Men's Chorus) debated the value, and frankly desire of specific chorus members to incorporate solfège as part of their overall technical development. For those musicians out there, the idea of solfège either makes you cringe, go running for the door, or …
Mary Gilbert 