by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 11, 2017
An article on storytelling featured in the Costco Connection magazine, largest monthly circulation magazine in the U.S. Download pdf of the...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 6, 2017
In an essay celebrating Forbes’ 100-year anniversary, billionaire Warren Buffett says there is one investment that “supersedes” all others: Invest in yourself. “Address whatever you feel your weaknesses are, and do it now,” Buffett writes. Buffett goes on to reveal...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 4, 2017
Philanthropist Melinda Gates is a storyteller. “The power of stories open our hearts to a new place, which opens our minds, which leads to action,” she once said. Storytelling is front and center at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Gates’ wanted to show the...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 22, 2017
An admissions officer told Scott Kelly he wouldn’t succeed. Here’s how Kelly fought back. “I was a terrible student, always staring out windows or looking at the clock, waiting for the class to be over,” astronaut Scott Kelley recalls in his...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 10, 2017
New scientific studies show that pep talks work. From the baseball field to the workplace, great leaders energize teams with their words. The Houston Astros provide the latest example. On November 1st, the Astros beat the Dodgers in game 7 to win the 2017 World...