5 Ways to Have Deeper Conversations In September, my friend Shell called and said, “I had some tests run recently and I wanted to share the results with you. It’s cancer. I’m calling you because I believe you are one of the few people in my life who actually...
The 5 Laws of Listening If your listening is effortless, you’re doing it wrong. You probably take listening for granted. To many, it doesn’t even seem like a skill—it’s something that just happens without even trying: Noises come out of a mouth in recognizable...
How to Be: Three Life-Changing Lessons from a Remarkable Woman About a month ago, I lost my mentor and dear friend, Mary Kogen. Mary was, on the surface, my college piano and pedagogy teacher. She taught me technique and chord progressions, how to break the...
