Where Do You Have Excess?

by clairediazortiz | Apr 22, 2013 | Business

We all excess in our lives, and yesterday a smart man made me remember this fact. This week, I had another amazing time at Catalyst, a great leadership conference that takes place a few times a year in various cities. While in Orange County for the event, I got to...

This Week in the World (Links)

by clairediazortiz | Apr 20, 2013 | Best Links

This week, I breathed the California air. (And had a lovely, inspiring time at Catalyst West.) I finished some books, including My Life in France, which I loved. Chronicling the Julia Child early years, it made me obsessed with her, and I now want to get every book I...

It’s Time to Be a Catalyst Leader

by clairediazortiz | Apr 18, 2013 | Books

  Are you a leader? Want to be? Listen up. Some of you may be familiar with Catalyst. A massive, massive(ly) successful leadership conference that happens a handful of times every year. It’s been going on for 14 years, and it’s a movement. A big one....

This Week in the World (Links)

by clairediazortiz | Apr 13, 2013 | Best Links

This week, I flew on some planes. I ate a lot of chicken. I read a wonderful book, Give me the World, about Leila Hadley, a New York socialite-cum-travel writer who wrote a book about her year in the world with the six-year old son during the 1950s. One of the best...

Why I Don’t Read (Many) Novels

by clairediazortiz | Apr 11, 2013 | Books

I read a lot. This week I finished my 63rd book of 2013, meaning I’m well on my way accomplishing my 150-book annual goal by New Year’s Eve. That said, I don’t read a lot of novels. Last year, I can count on ten fingers the number of novels I read...