by Jane Pollak | Feb 2, 2015 | Be Inspired, Education, Explore Lifestyle Ideas, Family, Success
I traveled to Boston over the weekend to attend the memorial service for Michio Kushi. According to the NYTimes obituary, Michio was “a Japanese scholar who popularized the macrobiotic diet in the United States, helping to change the way health-conscious...
by Jane Pollak | Jan 29, 2015 | Be Inspired, Education, Meet Remarkable Women, Success
I attended a fabulous talk at the 92nd Street Y last night, not coincidentally conducted by my daughter, Lindsey. I thought I’d gotten a lot of this information through reading her book Becoming the Boss. But this time around my ears tuned in to other,...
by Jane Pollak | Dec 5, 2014 | Be Inspired, Branding, Education, Marketing, Small Business, Success
I had the privilege of hearing Seth Godin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night. Not a typical venue for this entrepreneurial guru. But, in a stroke, or SPARK, of creative genius, Julie Burstein invited him onto a two-person panel to celebrate a...
by Jane Pollak | Nov 4, 2014 | Be Inspired, Education, Persistence, Writing
I want to learn and grow. Still, in my seventh decade.(That sounds really old, doesn’t it?!) Which means putting myself into a learning environment, like the Gotham Writers Workshop, where I am thoroughly enjoying the memoir class I’m enrolled in. This is...
by Jane Pollak | Oct 20, 2014 | Be Inspired, Education, Meet Remarkable Women, Small Business
My Mastermind Intensive met last Friday and had the privilege of hearing Bryan Mattimore’s expertise on the subject of innovation and creative thinking. He’s the author of Idea Stormers and a long-time business associate of mine. He graciously accepted my...
by Jane Pollak | Nov 29, 2013 | Balance, Be Inspired, Education, Explore Lifestyle Ideas, Personal Development, Self-care, Travel
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mine was perfection, meaning that it included the people I love (minus one sick grandchild and her parents), amazing food prepared by my chef nephew and my sister (at whose knee his passion was quickened), easy traffic to...
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