by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Personal Smarts
This summer, I became an Empty Nester. Before the 21 year-old grandson moved out, I was fast-forwarded into the teen world of communicating. “What’s for dinner?” he text messaged from his bedroom to my kitchen. “Open your door and find out,” I fingered and thumbed...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Personal Smarts
Winter will be here in a few months. Imagine being in a car that is stuck in snow—you forward and reverse the gears, hoping to jimmy yourself out of the rut. The wheels are in motion, your car isn’t. Are you like your car—living a life where there’s action, but no...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Personal Smarts
Everyone should have a durable power of attorney—a legal instrument that tells adults who may have to step in on your behalf what you want. Powers of Attorney are needed for the unexpected—accidents, life threatening illnesses, paralyzing strokes and weird events...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Personal Smarts
I confess, I love the Holidays but I hate shopping-just about any kind of shopping that demands my physical presence in the midst of a zillion other people. Which is somewhat odd, since I speak to 30,000 plus women and men a year and I enjoy that. What gives? To me,...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Personal Smarts
Data shows that reading books is not the way to spend a leisurely afternoon for the under 25 age group. Should authors, and publishers, throw in the towel? Not unless you want to kiss off a bunch of money. According to the Book Industry Study Group (www.BISG.com) book...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Personal Smarts
When I speak publicly, there is one subject about kids that always pops up. What’s a parent to do when they move back? I first respond in a kidding manner—Sell the house and get one that is too small for them to move back to/stay in. This comment always gets a big...
