Dolly’s Greatest Gift Was Reading the Room

Dolly’s Greatest Gift Was Reading the Room

One of the greatest talents a person can possess is the ability to “read a room.” No matter how talented you are, what data you have to share, or how attractive you are at an event, if you can’t read the room and see what is happening in the moment, you’re just...
In Lieu of Flowers

In Lieu of Flowers

Tuesday was a regular day for me. They usually are.  Tuesdays on my calendar are days when things have to get done and put away, like cleaning dishes. I have staff meetings on Tuesdays. I mess around and have a third cup of coffee. My kids demand tacos. It’s a rinse,...
‘Disclosure Day’: An Even Closer Encounter

‘Disclosure Day’: An Even Closer Encounter

Steven Spielberg has spent fifty years looking at the sky. Close Encounters of the Third Kind looked up in wonder. E.T. looked up in longing. War of the Worlds looked up in terror. Disclosure Day, Spielberg’s latest film, looks up and then, almost immediately, looks...