Tag Archives: air travel

When the love of a daughter makes you say yes, and to jumping out of a perfectly good airplane

If I learned one thing in my Second City improv classes, it’s the power of yes, and. Affirming what someone says and building on it, and at all costs avoiding saying no. I definitely employ it at work, and also … Continue reading

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A little self awareness when walking through airports (and other places) goes a long way to keeping people from hating you

I’ve noticed a trend when people are walking in public. Not the face in the phone, walk into traffic like you are some grown-up version of “Baby’s Day Out” that goes miraculously unscathed despite paying more attention to creeping on … Continue reading

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When traveling, we all depend on the kindness of strangers

I am pretty sure I flew this week with Blanche DuBois. A woman, whose long, bleached blonde hair belied her senior status, taps a man about her age, who is sitting in the aisle, on the shoulder. “Excuse me,” she … Continue reading

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