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Searching for “The One”
When my daughter, Katy was looking for colleges, she started out with one college in mind, and she didn’t want to apply to any others. She was convinced that The University of Texas was the only school for her, and it didn’t help that I am a fourth generation...
Surgeon #8
As you all know, my daughter Katy had a hip replacement 3 weeks ago. (Her recovery is going great!) The story I want to tell you is about how she found her surgeon. We discovered in October of last year that this surgery would most likely be required by Katy’s primary...
How You Hire a Fritzy
My daughter, Katy, and I used to foster dogs, and one dog was a part cattle dog named Fritzy. She LOVED to tree squirrels! She would make a beeline to any squirrel within a 3-mile radius. It was HORRIBLE to take her on walks because all she wanted to do was tree...
How You Recover from Crappy Circumstances
Today when this email hits your inbox, my 19-year old daughter, Katy, will be in surgery getting her hip replaced. Because of an infection 12 years ago, she has developed arthritis and has very little cartilage left to cushion the joint. This new titanium hip will...
Back In The Saddle Again
When I was a little girl, I attended a summer camp in the backwoods of Texas along the Guadalupe River. I learned how to ride horses at that camp, because that is what good Texas girls do! During one of my very first times on a horse, I quickly turned around to talk...
How to Manage Remote Workers
When I bought my restaurant, the first problem I had to solve was how to manage workers that worked opposite hours from me. By the time my night staff left the bar at 3:30-4:00 a.m. my janitorial staff was usually arriving to get the place clean for the next day. This...
How To Lead Well When You Are Afraid
I have had a few conversations over the past weeks from clients who really want to do right by their people. They are justifiably stressed and concerned. As one person asked me “How do I lead people through fear when I am afraid too?” Here is the plan that we created:...
From Crisis Comes Opportunity
In 2006, I had just gotten out of the restaurant business, and I took a year off to figure out what I wanted to do next. Katy, my daughter, had just started kindergarten, and I had this “free time”. I was totally stressed out. I needed to make money, I was afraid of...
Hiring in Uncertain Times
Last week, I got a call from a client who said to me “Beth, it seems ridiculous to be hiring during all of this uncertainty, but I still need this position filled, and I need it filled with the right fit. Let’s keep going.” Like some of you, I have owned my businesses...
How You Evaluate A Freudian Slip?
There is so much pressure in a job interview: the employer wants to fill a position, and the potential employee wants a job! Because of this high intensity, people are prone to saying the oddest things. If you are the person doing the hiring, how do you objectively...