http://hardwonwisdom.com Fawn Germer Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:24:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My mom is doing a little better, and I went out for some excitement! http://hardwonwisdom.com/uncategorized/the-high-point-of-my-weekend/ http://hardwonwisdom.com/uncategorized/what-you-can-do/ http://hardwonwisdom.com/favorites/by-request-perspective-on-how-small-our-problems-are-in-a-very-big-universe/ I just heard that Robin Conyers died of breast cancer last month. From her, I learned to never, never, never quit. I moderated a panel for Kraft where Robin stopped the show with her story. She is one of the most incredible women I have ever met and her passing ... http://hardwonwisdom.com/uncategorized/we-all-lost-when-robin-conyers-died/ The seas didn't part when we got a new president. There wasn't a pot of gold on your doorstep when the stimulus packages passed. And the turn of a calendar page did not cure all your ills. If you caught yourself saying, "Thank God 2009 is over!" you may well find ... http://hardwonwisdom.com/uncategorized/get-off-your-a-in-2010-how-to-regain-the-momentum-youve-lost/ http://hardwonwisdom.com/uncategorized/its-cold-in-florida-how-i-cope-with-57-degree-weather/ I tried to think of something profound to say, but I am wordless. Goin' cruisin' to Honduras, Belize, Mexico and the Bahamas. I'll write when I get back. p.s. If you are a burglar reading this, I have someone staying at my house. I also have two big dogs, including a ... http://hardwonwisdom.com/uncategorized/on-vacation/ Last night, a distraught  friend lamented, "I had finally gotten to the point in life where things were supposed to get easy." There is no point in life where things are supposed to get easy. I've said it a thousand times: "Just when you think it's going to get easy, it's ... http://hardwonwisdom.com/uncategorized/when-you-expect-it-to-get-easier-its-going-to-get-harder/ 2003 Video of a surprise visit to Dad's pharmacy drive-thru. I began my shoplifting career at age 3 --  on the very day my father opened his drugstore in Flint, Mich. It was Germer's Drug Store, and since I was Fawn Germer, I figured everything there was mine. Dad nabbed me for ... http://hardwonwisdom.com/uncategorized/the-world-according-to-fred-germer/ She was 40, successful and had just been canned because her boss told her she had "an edge." “Why do I scare the hell out of people?” she asked me. “People either love me or hate me. I am told I need to tone it down, not to push so hard. ... http://hardwonwisdom.com/hard-won-wisdom/eight-ways-women-leaders-can-win-in-the-perception-game/