Lessons From Whitney: Learning to Love Yourself Is the Greatest Love Of All
- With a voice peerless in her generation and looks to match, Whitney Houston seemed to have it all.
A young Whitney Houston sung the lyric, “Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all,” on her debut album back in 1985, released a few months after my dad passed away. Could she have known that loving herself would be the challenge of her life?
That song – and the entire album – helped me through a very rough time in my young life. Even more importantly, the sound of that musical compilation – and that voice – inspired a generation.
Silicon Valley Style Gets Silly
- Someone thinks this sort of look, along with a dark jacket when necessary, is the look of “Valley Formal.” I say the whole concept is bull crap!
Silicon Valley sure is the target of some interesting bull crap, even in my realm of style!
Though I have basically given up on posting comments to information sharing websites like Quora, I’ll occasionally drop by to see what topics people are asking about, and how people are answering those questions.
Associations That Affect Your Brand
- Associations that can affect your brand are both individual and group in nature.
Associations that affect your brand are all around you everyday. Your group of friends, where you go to network, social clubs, chambers of commerce, and professional associations are all examples of associations that affect your brand. How, you might wonder? Let’s look at several examples.
We Are Disguised As Ourselves
- Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close) in a scene from Rodrigo Garcia’s “Albert Nobbs”.
“We are disguised as ourselves,” was perhaps the singularly most penetrating line in “Albert Nobbs,” a new movie filled with emotion and relevance. While the fictional film, which stars Glenn Close, may be about a woman trapped by her circumstances and who must pass as a man in order to survive in 19th century Ireland, there are some important lessons we can bring into our 21st century non-fiction lives.
How To Improve Your Likeability Factor At Any Age
- Paula Deen’s public admission that she withheld a diabetic diagnosis for three years has left her likeability factor comatose. Can her brand be revived, survive, and thrive?
How do you know if you need to improve your likeability factor? The answer is directly proportional to your desire to finding greater professional or social success.
Takeaways From The Red Carpet
There are great takeaways from the red carpet of this year’s Golden Globes awards. Fashion worn by the stars can teach us so much about the current times. Most often, fashion designers provide stars, through stylists, design options that are reflections of current and forward thinking design concepts. With so many stars, and so many trends and styles to wrap your head around, I curated a detailed selection to help illustrate the takeaways from the red carpet. [Photo images by Getty. Click an image to see an enlarged version.]
Absolutely What Not To Wear!
- I regularly catch Ms. London “falling down.” Not even an airbrushed image can protect her air of perfect advice.
We’ve all been subjected to these TV shows or segments that are “what not to wear” oriented. The concept was perhaps made most famous by fashion stylist Stacy London, who hosts the a show, “What Not To Wear” on TLC and also pops up on programs like “Today” doing segments like the one that caught my eye – or was it my ire – just before the holidays.
Image Consultant or Stylist – What’s The Perfect Fit?
- A cool example of a fashion stylist’s commercial work.
As the New Year begins, people interested in improving their appearance wonder whether working with an image consultant or stylist will help them achieve their goal. Before making that determination, there are a few key things to know ahead of time. The most important thing is to first know your goals, as this will have a lot to do with the kind of professional you choose to work with.
Plan to Take a Journey With Me This Year
- Just walking along, I spotted this amazing work of utilitarian art: a Rene Lalique glass door.
A deeply satisfying conversation with a dear friend led me to take a journey of personal recollections. As we bring one year to a close and start a new year full of promise and plans, it seems appropriate to share some of the thoughts with you.
My Plea For Pleated Pants
A life coach, whose practice specializes in helping get people employed, wrote me a note recently. It caught my attention to the point that if I had to write him back a free answer, I was going to post it to my blog for everyone’s benefit.
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