by Michael Carlon | Aug 25, 2014 | The Moderating Life
Two weeks ago I was running a project for a large financial services company and with me was my friend, producer, and director Joe Indusi. Joe and I have done hundreds of interviews together and we were doing some storytelling over lunch when one of the clients who...
by Michael Carlon | Aug 1, 2014 | Self Awareness
I have a big birthday coming up in 30 days; the big 4-0. It’s not something I am dreading but it is a significant milestone and, on the approach to that landing strip, I find it is an appropriate time for some personal reflection. For those of you who do not know, I...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 8, 2014 | Self Awareness
A few weeks ago, my mother in law Norma Hart was honored by her Church for her years of service to the parish community of St. Francis. The parish has a wonderful choir and the community wanted to raise some money for its section leaders; professional singers who...
by Michael Carlon | Jun 28, 2014 | Self Awareness
It’s hard to believe we are in our second week of the big move to LA. There is so much to love about the area in which we now reside; the weather, the laid back attitude, being only 15 minutes from Malibu to name just a few. That said, I’ll admit that it...
by Michael Carlon | Jun 5, 2014 | Self Awareness
I walked into the group discussion I was running last night dreading how it was going to turn out. Warning, potential curmudgeon-like statement about to follow; the target was 18-20 year olds and the topic was technology and this is a target that I dread interviewing...
by Michael Carlon | Apr 29, 2014 | Self Awareness
The other day I went to Waveny Park in New Canaan which is where I go when I have to work some things out in my own head. There’s a lot going on in my life right now; health issues in the family, a heavy workload, and our imminent move to California are joining...
by Michael Carlon | Apr 19, 2014 | Self Awareness
In families, different children have different roles that they play. In my family, mine is the role of joker. I am told that I have my grandfather’s sense of humor and it is a real shame that I never had a chance to meet him. However, this might be a hidden...
by Michael Carlon | Apr 15, 2014 | Self Awareness
I am having a hard time reconciling the fact that 12 years ago I was sitting in a hospital room with my wife just shooting the breeze while she complained about discomfort “down there.” The truth is that the two of us didn’t think much of it. Nicole...
by Michael Carlon | Apr 6, 2014 | Self Awareness
Earlier this week I sat down with a couple to talk about their robotic vacuum. Wow – there’s something you don’t hear every week. However, this is the nature of what I do; I interview people about a variety of different things and try and find some...
by Michael Carlon | Mar 20, 2014 | Faith and Pop Culture, Self Awareness
This may be hard for some of you to believe but in my teenage years, I was a bit of an introvert. In fact, it was not uncommon for a 15 year old Mike Carlon to retreat to his bedroom, turn off all the lights, and lose himself in music. This was particularly true if...
by Michael Carlon | Mar 16, 2014 | Self Awareness, Uncategorized
It would be impossible to summarize the events of the past few weeks by solely relying on words. I could say these past few weeks have been crazy, demanding, draining, or taxing – but those words just wouldn’t do justice to the weeks we have had. I am tempted to...
by Michael Carlon | Jan 12, 2014 | Faith and Pop Culture
About twenty years ago, my brothers and I were having dinner at Gallagher’s steakhouse in Manhattan. This place has nothing to do with the comedian Gallagher and, as such, we did not have to wear any protective clothing, but we did have to wear sport coats...
