Category: living in Russia

My Rant to the Graduates

Oh, let’s just be honest shall we? I’m going to admit that on this forum, I’m usually ranting, not speech-ifying. I kind of feel like the Hugo Chavez of coaching…except that I have an actual working sense of humor. On the other hand, I don’t have a palace guard. Again I say that life isn’t fair. But, I digest.…
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May 9, 2013 0

I had all these grandiose plans to write today about an awesome client who, in a moment of triumph, instant messaged me “I HAVE BIG BALLS”—she really does, she’s beyond awesome—and how exhilarating it was to see her embracing her power…however. However, I went out to see a comedy roast last night, and while I…
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March 6, 2013 0

‘I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.  It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.  You rarely win, but sometimes you do.’ –To Kill a…
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November 25, 2012 0

Channukah Hints, Jewrican Factoids #4: Don’t cheat yourself

Like a great many people, I am ambivalent about success. It probably has something to do with not being 26 anymore: you want something big, but you know how hard life can be and you worry about failure. You want something important…but do you really want it? My latest play for example. There was a period…
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December 23, 2011 0