by Robert Zeitlin | Sep 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
I went to work today. I didn’t think about it. I set my alarm and packed my lunch. As a result of these moves, I got to help some people. Going to work was a smart decision.Eating lunch, I checked a notification that popped up on my phone. I didn’t think about it....
by Robert Zeitlin | Aug 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Yaroslav Кorshikov/Unsplash Turn your next staff meeting into a knife fightOK, calm down. The first thing you should know: everyone leaves laughing (and no one dies).The second thing you should know: if you want to experience this sort of laughter...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jun 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen to an audio version of this post here: I have to be honest with you. When my recent launch of the mentoring group for women didn’t meet my expectations, I felt paralyzed. I seemed fine on the outside but I was unable to lift a finger to help myself.I should...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jun 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the last few years, I’ve become friends with professional actors and Broadway performers. How did that happen?Sometimes I feel like I am watching my life on TV.Emily Fletcher and Tonya Cornelisse, now dear friends, expand what I believe I can do.Where did...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Profiles of everyday superheroesMy meditation teacher Emily, clearly excited with her next challenge, lined us up on separate ends of the stage.I knew I was in trouble.Alarm bells were firing off in my head. “Now, when I start the music,” she said, “I want you to keep...
by Robert Zeitlin | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
If insanity is measured by “expecting different results” when you “do the same thing over and over again,” I am ready for the psych ward. photo credit: Pim Chu/Unsplash My poor head has calluses from banging it against the same wall for years. I write and create and...
by Robert Zeitlin | Apr 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
photo credit: BigStockPhoto When I went out for Track & Field in high school, I started with the race that circled the track one time (400 meters). I could keep up for half of the lap but then everyone else finished faster than me. If I was good for 200 meters, I...
by Robert Zeitlin | Apr 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Ilayza Macayan/Unsplash The moment I walked into the networking event last week, I SUDDENLY time-traveled back to my first middle school dance. ALL the insecurities that I had at the first bloom of puberty came rushing back.I was stripped of EVERY skill...
by Robert Zeitlin | Apr 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Priscilla du Preez/Unsplash The first time our baby got sick, we didn’t know what to do. The best advice came from friends with older kids. They put us at ease when we were about to explode with anxiety. They would assure us, “you aren’t going to break...
by Robert Zeitlin | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
credit: BigStockPhoto One day, your daughter, or niece, may want to run for president.Will she be able to turn to a network that supports her to reach her goal to get elected? A team of women who have been there and know how to guide her?What do we need to start...
