Personal - Shonali Burke Consulting

18 Sep 2010

Spice on Demand

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

Answers

to 10 frequently asked questions that I never have the presence of mind to come up with (the answers, not the questions).

So I decided to write them down, Letterman style.

Number 10

I have no idea how to get your cat down from the tree. I ran public relations for an animal welfare organization, not rescue services.

Number 9

What can you do for me? For starters, pay my mortgage, get me a BMW… oh, I see. That was a rhetorical question.

Number 8

[…]

04 Sep 2010

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

A few days ago, I was on the phone with with someone very dear to me; someone I respect as a professional, and am proud to call friend.

She recently launched her own business, which she was very excited about.

This was her dream. She quit her job to pursue the dream. She is ostensibly living the dream.

But talking to me the other day about her business, she said, “I’m not happy.”

That stopped me in my tracks.

This is someone who is full of life, always has a good thing to say […]

31 Aug 2010

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

Exactly a week ago, something really really really good happened to/for me.

Even though I couldn’t officially spill the beans, I had to tell my friends (of course).

They were equally happy for me and, I suspect, a little frustrated that it would take me a week to come clean. This was my Facebook post that day:

A week hence

Now, that day has come, and I can officially tell you…

Today marks my debut as a […]

28 Aug 2010

Estimated Reading Time: 27 seconds

Thanks to my friend Kami Huyse for pointing me to this in the spirit of keeping the laughter going.

After I watched it, I LOL‘d, LMAO‘d and ROFL‘d following the LMAOing.

The beauty of acronyms, eh?