May your hands always be busy, may your feet always be swift. May you have a strong foundation when the winds of changes shift. May your heart always be joyful and may your song always be sung, may you stay forever young.
Jul
29
Work Hard. Be Nice.
A passion for our kids.
This is part IV in a series about remarkable lane changers who are making a difference in one of society’s most intractable problems—educating our kids. In earlier pieces on Marco Petruzzi, Allan Rudnick, and Liza Bercovici, I wrote about successful professionals who at midlife discovered a…READ MORE »
Jan
13
Leaving a Legacy
A Passion for Education Reform through the Arts
Changing lanes is tough enough when it’s your personal choice to explore a new road to a more meaningful life. Overcoming the sense of inertia and self-doubt to choose a way forward can be daunting work. But as we know, some people don’t have a…READ MORE »
Sep
08
Find the Cure to Midlife Inertia—Part II
A Passion for Teaching
This is Part II in a series of blogs about reclaiming the passion in your life by making a particular lane change—getting engaged in education. I’m not talking about writing checks—admirable and needed, but it isn’t going to have the impact you’re looking for to…READ MORE »
Jul
14
Find the Cure to Midlife Inertia
A Passion for Education Reform
I’ve got a license to steal and I couldn’t be more thrilled about it. As an author and blogger on the challenges and benefits of changing lanes at midlife, I have gained access to some of the most interesting and inspiring people who left high…READ MORE »
May
04
Men in Tights: Real Men’s Stories about the Impact of Ballet on their Lives (Part 2)
Inspired by learning that Rahm, aka “Rahmbo” Emanuel was a ballet dancer, I wrote a piece about other macho men whom we know in our community as lawyers, doctors or Indian chiefs who have also been ballet dancers. These are lane changers who have incorporated…READ MORE »
Feb
24
Men in Tights: Real Men’s Stories about the Impact of Ballet on their Lives (Part 1)
Have you ever walked into an appointment with your pediatrician, lawyer, or builder and been surprised by the lean, muscular body that moved so authoritatively yet gracefully to greet you? You’re dying to know how he manages to look so erect and loose-limbed at the…READ MORE »
Feb
10
Sundance Film Festival: Renewed Rebellion
Get Back to Where You Once Belonged
Susan and I returned to Sundance this year. We had taken a year off from our annual pilgrimage to Park City because the experience had become such a giant hassle that we could no longer justify the expense and time away from our families to…READ MORE »
Aug
30
Dreams From My Father
Musings on the Yahrzeit of My Father’s Death
Today is my father’s yahrzeit. Like many Yiddish words, this one conjures up much more than its dictionary definition. The strict definition is the anniversary of the death of a close family member, when we Jews customarily light a memorial candle and recite the mourners’…READ MORE »
Jul
08
Passing The Torch Hand to Hand
Ballet Lessons for Real Life
Teaching has enormous appeal to Boomers as an antidote to careers that have come to feel soul-less. In Changing Lanes, I wrote about conducting an unscientific poll, asking male friends in their fifties and sixties what they might have been but for the pressure to…READ MORE »
Apr
23
Aiming Wall Street Brains at Skid Row
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes.
OK, let’s get it out of our system. All the pent up rage against the finance industry for impoverishing the country, not to mention our own individual portfolios and retirement accounts.Retirement??? Ha! Remember when your biggest concern was what you would do with your leisure…READ MORE »
