Gentle Reader, On July 1, 2008, I decided to try asking for something every day for one year. My goal was to push my limits and see how fa...

I've started writing a column for Forbes about women and negotiation. The first piece, about bargaining for counterfeit purses in a dang...

Last night, on a flight from JFK to San Diego, I discovered something amazing. Mrs. Doubtfire is one hell of a movie, and it's even bett...

Gulp. I've hesitated publishing this post, since it goes against nearly everything I believe in, but here goes. For a few years in g...

Here's an example of a simple asking that just puts a smile on my face. Because it was so easy to ask. It made my life so much easier. I...

The neighbors have been screaming all morning. "Mamma! Why do keep asking me 'Where are you going? Who are you meeting?' Stop t...

A few weeks ago, I re-met an old man who is a friend of my family's. He lives alone and is almost blind. Whenever he leaves his little p...