How do you utilize your personal strengths in your professional life? I recently had to ponder this question as I was asked, by a judge, whether I preferred to orally argue a point of law or write a memorandum of law on the issue. Surprising my adversary, I choose to write the memorandum. A little dumfounded by my choice, my adversary agreed. A …
I have been thinking about my friendships a lot lately. It’s probably because Nancy recently raised the topic of friendship at a Gotham Long Island meeting. Admittedly, I have a lot of friends. But my thoughts have been centering on what makes certain friendships special to me. I have friends that I have been close to for a long time, since hig …
When you really need to get some work done and you are in a time crunch what do you do to get it done? Before Covid, my answer to that question would have been, that I would come into the office very early-before the office phones started ringing-and get it done. Since Covid my answer is different. If I have a document that I need to write, for e …
I have another instance where my phone was listening to me. And this one really freaked me out. So, if you could explain it to me, I would appreciate it. My husband and I have a home theater which we built right after Superstorm Sandy. The chairs are over ten years old and it’s time to replace them. So, a few nights ago, my husband and I, on his …
In discussing Gotham I aways say that “Gotham is special, we care.” And Gotham proves it to me again and again. On this day when we think about those we lost on September 11, I thought this story would be worth telling. A few weeks ago I sent out the following email to Fredslist: The writer of the email below is one of my closest and dearest f …
Everyone takes their coffee or tea a different way. In the fall and the winter, I have hot coffee with an artificial sweetener and, if I’m home I will probably put in a flavored creamer. My husband, on the other hand, will generally only drink on Sunday mornings. For him, I add a scoop of hot chocolate mix (his personal favorite is Godiva) as well …
Have you fallen into this trap? You give a vendor your email address to receive a percentage off of your purchase? I have done so too many times to count. The email I typically give for those purposes is not one I use regularly. Last week I was looking through the emails and clicked on one that looked interesting. As expected, it brought me to th …
How often do you rely on online reviews when making choices? I have found that, if I am making purchases of clothing online, I tend to read the reviews to determine the proper size. Generally, however, I will stay with my usual size unless the reviews really stress that the item runs big or small. With respect to restaurant reviews I rarely eve …
We all have our deadlines. Work deadlines are usually the most prevalent. We all know when deadlines are approaching, and we all handle them differently. I seem to have a new deadline in my life, the Amazon shipping deadline. I have become very dependent on Amazon for many of my basic needs from food items to clothing etc. If I am going away on …
I want to follow up with Fred’s blog from Friday. He wrote a thoughtful blog about the power of restraint. Essentially, Fred observed, that often it is just better to “restrain [yourself] in the face of real provocation or perceived provocation.” I commented that this is an important message in the techno world that we live in. Coincidentally, I …
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