The dirty little secret no one wants to tell you is that good economy or bad economy, job security is a myth. All it takes is one new person in charge of your group or one management consultant telling the powers to be how a little reorganization will save money...

My smartphone sits next to me as I write. I have over six pages of apps. I can use it to check Facebook, the Stock Market and the weather in Paris. I can snap a picture, edit it with my Camera+ App and then post in on Instagram. I can...

It's noisy out there. Everyone wants to be noticed. Yet, so many people ignore this simple and easy tool that I guarantee will set you apart.

It does not involve jumping off the high dive in some silly reality show. It's not running through Central Park naked in an attempt...

I don't get sick very often. I eat well -- lots of fruits and vegetables -- I make sure I do not forsake the proteins, I drink alcohol moderately (most days), exercise (a lot) and consume enormous amounts of water on a regular basis. I haven't been to a doctor...

There is only one thing that makes me crazier than hearing a woman say she is a Romney/Ryan supporter: It's when a woman says she may not vote. Actually, it makes me crazy when anyone tells me they may not vote. Just ask the Greek on the corner of Broadway...

My mother celebrates 90 years today. She's asked me to keep it a secret. To tell people she is only 89. For some reason she seems to think this sounds better. I beg to differ. No surprise there. I am her daughter, after all. We are supposed to have our...

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog on thinking before you speak or Facebook or Tweet. It wasn't one of my more popular blogs. Though it should have been, especially in light of the barrage of careless and misinformed comments that have flooded the media commentary since....

Everyone is searching for it. That secret. The one that will solve all their problems. That magic key that will fix whatever they find lacking in their life.

The only people who seem not to be searching are the ones that tell you they are in possession of it. They...

I was a monogamous kind of girl in a committed relationship. For what seemed to be forever. I did not stray. Until I was forced to. Until I was given no other choice. Until I felt I had been abandoned. My needs no longer met.

At first I thought...

People often ask me how you know when it's time to leave your job, if there is a fool-proof questionnaire lurking on the Internet somewhere whose results will offer them an answer that is unequivocally right. My reply is no. And if there is, it is a very well-kept secret....