Score with Your Boss, Be On Time Episode 103
Really? Is that all it takes? Being on time? Heck, yes! Why? How? Well, that’s what you will explore in this podcast: the hows, wheres and whys of the serious career and job advantages of simply – being on time! Listen to all Up! Podcasts here.
Watch Those Jurors: Body Language Outdoes the Spoken Word
The courtroom setting is unfamiliar to most prospective jurors as they sit with a group of strangers and are grilled by counsel during voir dire. In addition, potential jurors may respond differently depending on whether they want to be off or on a particular jury. Therefore, their responses may not entirely reflect that person’s “truth.” […]
Life Is Meant For Joy!
Really? With bills to pay, rent to cover, kids to corral, too much to do in too little time, especially with the Holidays upon us and all the extra stuff that needs tending, doing, paying for? Joy? Give it a rest. Well, I would, except joy is our basic nature. It’s what everything else we […]
Dr. Ruth Gottesman
Dr. Ruth Gottesman, at 93, Clinical Professor Emerita of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, donated $1 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock (bequeathed to her by her late husband Wall Street investor David Gottesman) to the college so that medical students could attend tuition-free. You read that correctly. Not a single medical student […]
Win the Battle, Lose the Love! Episode 102
Why can’t your partner seem to get with the agreements you made about the budget or other things? You’re right, you know you’re right. But here’s the thing, your partner’s all upset with you! Perfect, wonderful you. This means you may have won that battle, but you’re on the way to losing your love. Discover […]
Lorraine O’Grady
Lorraine O’Grady, at 89, has opened yet another show, this time at the Mariane Ibrahim Gallery in Chicago, called “The Knight, or Lancela Palm-and-Steel,” with of course, Lorraine in the conceptual artist persona of “The Knight.” Lorraine dons a custom-made suit of armor weighing 40 lbs. along with a helmet topped with a banana palm! […]
Jerry Korson
Jerry Korson, at 73, completed his life’s dream–to run a half-marathon in all 50 states. It took Jerry about 20 years. He’d plan the family vacations around where he could run his next half-marathon and usually ran 2 every time. He was diagnosed with brain cancer and had surgery for his condition a couple of […]
Ho-Ho-Ho, the Joy of Saying “No”
Ah, the upcoming Holiday Season–starting with Thanksgiving and ramping up through Christmas, with no let-up until the beginning of the year. For those who are already tired from a year’s worth of work, kids, parents, chores, and everything else, the Holiday Season, despite the many joys it may bring, can feel simply exhausting. Overwhelming. Cringe-worthy. But what’s […]
Edie Ceccarelli
Edith “Edie” Ceccarelli, at 116, is officially the second oldest person on Planet Earth according to the Gerontology Research Group. But far more important than that is Edie is her town’s celebrity. She’s invited everyone in Willits, California (population 4,885) to come celebrate her birthday with her since turning 100. And they do! The entire […]
Is It Your Mood or Your Attitude? Episode 99
You may think that mood and attitude are one and the same. Not so. Mood is condition-based, but attitude is chosen. This means that you can lift yourself out of a nasty mood, once you know how to do it. In this podcast, you’ll explore some ways to deal with your mood so you can […]