It’s April 1st and I grinned all morning about the best April Fool’s prank that I ever pulled. It was in college. My friend, Megan, and I saved soda cans for a month, then at midnight on April 1st, we quietly built a wall of cans outside our friend, Abby’s, dormitory door. When Abby emerged […]
Long Distance Relationship
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to reconnect with a dear friend and former colleague who was visiting Kansas City. A few years ago, she moved to Boulder with her family, took a new job and is absolutely killing it! Though we don’t talk often, she is someone who I greatly admire, I am always […]
Help Me Help You
In 1996, Tom Cruise (as Jerry Maguire) exclaimed to Cuba Gooding, Jr. (as Rod Tidwell), “Help me help you!” He said it over and over again. The line became a classic and is one of many memorable quotations from the movie. When I first started networking in earnest a few years ago, I did so […]