According to Peter Stone, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas, life will be better when computers do the driving for us.  He cites a few spectacular statistics:

None of us can claim to be time-rich or time-poor. The one resource that the Universe has provided to everyone equally is 24 hours in a day. But how we personally value time and how we spend it is our personal prerogative and a privilege.

I used to think that the combination of passion and intensity for the right thing could only be a good thing, but I was proven wrong…again. Why? Because what I think is right doesn’t make it right. Sounds like a good title for a Dr. Seuss book. Let me say it again because the more times I utter it out loud or in the written form, the more immune I become to it.

When I learned I was approved to become a blogger for Working Mother Magazine I did what most people do with big news: I posted it to Facebook. I was grateful for the support of my Facebook friends and family. I consider myself a writer, and have thought many times about creating a blog. The allure of getting exposure to Working Mother readers is preferable to a Blogger account and I welcome the discipline of producing one to two blogs a week, every week.

Tip of the Week

Awareness

What it is:  Awareness is your personal relationship to the things you know; it’s more than just knowing facts.  Awareness requires context and context requires that you know your core values, your role in the world, and that you've moved beyond your ego. 

Responsible vs. Accountable

Though widely accepted as synonyms, responsible and accountable are two distinct feelings and serve two distinct purposes.  The confusion may be one reason why more and more people are showing up irresponsible and unaccountable.

Accountable = Account - Able

For all my bloggy friends… you likely already know that I have tendency to jump the gun a bit when it comes to adding new functionality to not only my blog but also to the other social networkworking hubs that I utilize regularly.   As such, I hope to pass along some great articles I’ve discovered on how to implement the new Facebook Timeline feature to your brand page.   Come see my new page here! 

Dissent

I was sitting at my local YMCA, waiting for my 4-year-old to start her gymnastics class. There she was in her leotard, leaping around the hallway, sipping water from the drinking fountain, and coming back to me for idle chit chat. We were alone in the hall for probably 10 minutes, when three middle-school aged (I'm guessing 12 or 13) girls came in and began to walk toward us. They all were in very tight, "skinny" jeans, their own bodies very thin. They all had long, straight, brown hair, two of them wore a decent amount of make up, one of them had braces. 

At about week 25, I finally had a meltdown.  Not a screaming melt down, but a tearful meltdown.  The overwhelming stress of the job, home and sickness that continued to plague me finally got to me and I just had to cry.  It was one of those days that work was stressful and someone made the comment that "Everyone hates everyone here..." hit me like a ton of bricks.  I don't hate anyone and I certainly don't want people to hate me.  I am just trying to do my job!  Which means I am an advocate for my customers and I am trying to get people to do THEIR jobs so my c