By ALI CUDBY
Swimming!
Gymnastics!!
Track & Field!!!
The Olympics always makes some amazing television…young people in the prime of their lives, at the peak of their performance, battling it out in epic dramas featuring clear winners and losers – with a dash of nationalistic fervor for flavor.
Like many folks, I found myself getting excited about sports I barely knew existed. (Coming up next, … Read More
By ALI CUDBY
“I don’t like being talked down to, you know?”
Shannon was my seat-mate on a flight, and we got to chatting about wood flooring, of all things.
Her war story? She had gone to the “fancy” wood flooring store in town for a home renovation, and the sales guy, “kept telling me I had to do this and had to do that. He was obnoxious, and he was treating me like
By ALI CUDBY
Imagine losing every single possession in a fire.
How would you begin to rebuild? Where would you start?
This devastating scenario became Emily R*’s reality in early December. She woke up in the middle of the night to find her rented home on fire. She ran outside – barefoot – with barely enough time to grab sweatpants.
Even her car was partially melted from the heat of the blaze.
Even Emily’s car … Read More
By ALI CUDBY
As a parent, some of my most frustrating moments occurred around statements like these:
“My stomach is achy. I shouldn’t go to school.”
“I didn’t mean to be disrespectful.”
“Oh, I must have misunderstood. I thought you said I could .”
What’s frustrating about these comments is that they’re all open to interpretation. Impossible to confirm one way or the other.
Does my child, in fact, feel achy? Or is she trying … Read More
By ALI CUDBY
I’ve been thinking about social media marketing a lot lately. As something I use in my business as a tool, social media marketing can be great. I share blog posts, pictures of my life or random thoughts that are seen by friends and clients around the world in an instant. Awesome.
At the same time, I’m increasingly troubled by the dark side of social media. The other day I came across … Read More
By ALI CUDBY
I’ll admit it – I was a Pitch Perfect addict. I paid to see the ode to a cappella in theaters. Twice.
I rented the movie on Pay Per View. I watched it on cable…oh…let’s not count the number of times.
Was it a lot? Yes.
Did I need a Pitch Perfect 12-step program? Maybe.
As far as I was concerned, Pitch Perfect was aca-awesome, and I couldn’t WAIT for the sequel.… Read More
By ALI CUDBY
What does this sign mean to you? For most, the association is immediate and easy – this silhouette indicates a woman’s bathroom.
But why?
It’s only because that’s the experience you’ve had with the image in the past. Yet one small tweak and you can envision something different. And greater. Small shifts can make a huge impact on how you see the world, and the opportunities in it.
In business, when you … Read More
