by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Mar 30, 2018
Physicist Stephen Hawking tried to answer some big, complex questions: Where did we come from? How did the universe come into being? Are we alone out there? The way he answered those questions reveals a brilliant mind who was equally brilliant communicator. In a...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Mar 28, 2018
The people around us matter–a lot, according to happiness researcher Shawn Achor in his new book Big Potential. “The height of your potential is predicted by the people who surround you.” Achor spent eleven years at Harvard where he lectured in one...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Mar 24, 2018
Twenty years ago, I read a book called My American Journey by retired four-star general (and later U.S. Secretary of State) Colin Powell. One of his rules for successful leadership sticks with me to his day. Powell said, “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Mar 23, 2018
I was at a dinner party recently where the host had graciously pulled out a $100 Napa Valley cabernet, but a $10 bottle of wine stole the show. It talked to us, literally. Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is the first to create “talking wine labels” to stand...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Mar 19, 2018
Jordan Peele made history at the 2018 Oscars when he became the first African-American screenwriter to win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Peele wrote and directed “Get Out.” In his acceptance speech, which is going viral on social media,...
