by Michael Carlon | Dec 10, 2013 | Self Awareness
At the moment I am sitting in a diner somewhere in northern Jersey. It’s that weird pre lunch hour where the only patrons are the elderly and, apparently, consumer researchers who are in between interviews. I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the...
by Michael Carlon | Nov 27, 2013 | Self Awareness
Thanksgiving is a day where many of us pause and reflect on the things we are most thankful for. Ordinarily, I would tell you that I thankful for my wife Nicole and all she does for me. I would tell you that I am thankful for the health of my children, the wonderful...
by Michael Carlon | Oct 31, 2013 | Self Awareness, The Moderating Life
Every now and then we have an experience that seem to put things into perspective. As I was packing for a trip this week I was complaining to my wife about how much I did not want to go away. I was going to miss my first Halloween since the kids were born and I was a...
by Michael Carlon | Oct 25, 2013 | Self Awareness
Tonight my kids went to their first middle school dance. This had me remembering my first middle school dance – a dance I would like to forget. I had a big crush on a girl in my class. Somehow I got the nerve to call her house and ask if she would consider going...
by Michael Carlon | Oct 19, 2013 | Traveling Observations
Last night my wife asked me to meet her out for a date night. The plan was for me to meet her at the restaurant as I was taking the train directly to New Canaan from New York. Somehow our signals got crossed; I mentioned that my train would get me in around 6:40 and...
