by Valerie Young | Nov 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m in a group that meets weekly to support each other in our lives and businesses. The topic came up this week of “seasons” within both. Sometimes things run their course, like the seasons of the year, and whether they’ve been great or not, it may be time to move on....
by Valerie Young | Oct 30, 2023 | Articles
A friend, who is a recent immigrant to the US, related to me how she refused to take her son home from the hospital three days after he had surgery to repair a broken leg he sustained while playing football. I was shocked. Can you really refuse what the hospital is...
by Valerie Young | Oct 23, 2023 | Articles
For the past couple of years, I’ve been coaching with a guy named Bo Eason. Unless you’re old enough to remember the Houston Oilers NFL team, you probably don’t know that he played for them before suffering a career-ending injury. He went on to develop and perform in...
by Valerie Young | Oct 16, 2023 | Articles
Does the term “self-interest” have negative connotations for you? It’s sometimes considered synonymous with greed or lack of compassion for others. I read an article in the October 1 Seattle Times that had been published originally in the Sacramento Bee by the author...
by Valerie Young | Oct 8, 2023 | Articles
I recently went to a business event for the first time in a long time. Even though it was small compared to many such events I’d been to in the past, I was nervous about being around a large group of people that I didn’t know very well. I used to love going to these...