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Work/Life Balance Tips for the Business Traveler
Balance and the business traveler has everything to do with staying “connected”.

Eileen McDargh
Apr 5, 20144 min read
Run Your Own Race-At Your Own Pace
On Thanksgiving Day, dawn spills over Dana Point Harbor where thousands of runners gather for the annual Turkey Trot.

Eileen McDargh
Apr 3, 20142 min read


No Fooling-5 Quick Ways to a Saner YOU!
First quarter is over. Celebrating? Agonizing? Feeling stuck with little movement?

Eileen McDargh
Apr 2, 20142 min read


Retreat To Advance Into A New Decade
From my second floor bedroom, I look out at a massive 150 year-old eucalyptus tree that almost overpowers the expanse of the Pacific...

Eileen McDargh
Apr 1, 20143 min read
Work Is A Four-Letter Word
I can hear the jokes already and most of them are not politically correct.

Eileen McDargh
Mar 29, 20144 min read
Resiliency Lessons From The Chilean Mine Triumph
A worldwide web of viewers watched 33 miners being pulled to the surface following a 600,000 ton cave-in...

Eileen McDargh
Mar 28, 20142 min read


The Art Of Balancing An Unequal Life
How does one swim with the sharks, squeeze the margins of an angst-filled financial world, and still lead a life of wholeness in spirit...

Eileen McDargh
Mar 27, 20146 min read


Getting In Control
In a world where “too much to do and too little time” is a common mantra, there’s a sense that everyone and everything...

Eileen McDargh
Mar 22, 20143 min read


Five Reasons Panels At Meetings FAIL
Some of the key findings from a recent survey on panels by colleague and fellow facilitator Kristin Arnold...

Eileen McDargh
Mar 22, 20142 min read
The Craft of Choosing Well – The Ultimate Success
Do you remember the “good old days”? At least it seemed as if our parents’ or grandparents’ lives were so much easier.

Eileen McDargh
Mar 13, 201413 min read
Mindfulness Critical for Staying Power
According to the INSEAD business school in Singapore and the Wharton School in San Francisco, mindfulness meditation...

Eileen McDargh
Mar 12, 20141 min read


Selling a Land Rover or a Dog Named Rover?
At the gym today, I saw a television ad for the Land Rover. The driver stops the car, gives his dog the whiff of a dropped scarf...

Eileen McDargh
Mar 8, 20141 min read
Thinking Won’t Make You Resilient. Action will!
My friend and fellow speaker Laura Stack’s newest book, Execution IS the Strategy, hits bookstores today.

Eileen McDargh
Mar 4, 20142 min read


Brainpower For The Overwhelmed
Walk into the room and can’t find your keys? Or forget why you entered the room in the first place?

Eileen McDargh
Feb 27, 20142 min read
Is It Too late For California To Be Resilient?
Denial is NOT a river in Egypt. It is a precursor to potential events that can force an individual into crisis mode.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 25, 20141 min read
Being Here Now Is More Critical Than Ever
When we are young, we feel that time is on our side. Not any more.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 22, 20143 min read
Peachy Keen - A Sea Creature That Resembles Humans!
Sometimes, the animal kingdom comes way too close to resembling our existence. The Sea Peach is a somewhat fuzzy creature...

Eileen McDargh
Feb 14, 20141 min read
Intelligent Optimism Wins In Today’s World
The reality of today’s world seems to leave little room for optimism. Almost every news story can lead because it does bleed.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 13, 20143 min read
Taming The Technostress
Last week, my big desktop PC crashed, my laptop got the “blue screen: of death”. The

Eileen McDargh
Feb 8, 20142 min read
Today’s Economy DEMANDS A Critical Skill: Optimism
Global warming. Water shortages. Terrorism. Failing health care system. Wars around the globe. Gas prices. Severe economic downturn.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 5, 20144 min read
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