In Review: Managing Business travel as a PWD

Posted on May 5, 2012 by queenofoptimism

I’ve adopted PWD for this post and possibly some in the future.  PWD = Person with Disabilities I managed thanks to many things and people. 1.  Help at the airport If you have air travel, ask for help – specifically for a wheelchair.  You will get help getting through security:  someone to hold your hand, [...]

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More than this

Posted on January 25, 2012 by queenofoptimism

I want to write/blog more but when I reach my blogging destination, I believe I get discouraged. I don’t know how to pain fancy nail art. I don’t adventure. I’m no gourmet. Or photographer. I don’t have thousands of followers. My content is different. And some days I’m too busy or too hurty to say [...]

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The 2011 Take on Optimism

Posted on December 27, 2011 by queenofoptimism

Optimism has frequently been in headlines this year. Popular publications Time (March and May 2011) and Psychology Today (November 2011) dedicated entire issues to the subject. In Your Back Up Brain by Dan Hurley, Hurley explores a different mind-body connection than the ‘ol Mind over Matter mantra.  He introduces us to the man on the [...]

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What would you say if you were me?

Posted on December 10, 2011 by queenofoptimism

My goal was to complete the Exit interview (mentioned in my previous post) right away so that I could put it in the past and keep moving onward. After all, I left my previous employer 4.5 months ago. However, I have not gotten very far on the questions. Have any ideas for how I could [...]

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On Blogging Better

Posted on November 6, 2011 by queenofoptimism

“Clutter is the Disease of American Writing.” – William Zinsser, On Writing Well (30th Anniversary, 2006) I have a lot to learn about writing and that’s why I enjoy reading On Writing Well.  My efforts to be a better writer include using less jargon .  It’s not always easy to reduce jargon so I keep [...]

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