Absolute Citrin
by Richard Citrin
Category Archives: Life Balance
July 30, 2012
It's All About This
But a strange thing happened the day before the hard work and diligent efforts came to a culmination on Friday night. Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Presidential candidate came to town and pronounced that there were “disconcerting” elements that had creeped into the Olympic proceedings, suggesting that London was not quite ready for prime time. Governor Romney probably had the credentials to make that statement given his work as CEO at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah but perhaps failed...
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July 16, 2012
The Times of Your Life
highs and lows on the tables that listed hundreds of different stocks. He showed me how to translate volume figures and why stock moved in one direction or the other. All the technology associated with how stocks moved could be found in those 12 or so pages of those long ago Sunday Times. Over the past decade, the Sunday Times has shifted how it approaches business reporting. You now have to look hard to find the financial reporting which now...
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June 20, 2012
Engage Your Core
His comments reminded me of what my physical therapist told me a few months ago after I went to see her about some back pain I was experiencing. “Engage your core by tightening your abdominal muscles when you are doing different activities like walking, stretching and lifting weights” she told me. I guess she forgot to include my golf swing. Engaging and strengthening core or abdominal muscles is a popular activity today. Yoga and Pilates have it as a key...
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June 18, 2012
Staying Sane in An Insane World: A Key Tip
Sunday afternoon rolled around, I knew it was decision time—the keys were lost and I had to get home. I really had two choices—Borrow a car from my brother to drive back to Pittsburgh and return next weekend with the spare key or arrange to have my car towed back to Pittsburgh, a proposition that would cost $500 even with my AAA membership. I ran the equation through my head a number of times… (Time from Pittsburgh to Washington) (X...
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June 07, 2012
The Creative Juices
This year’s version took us up to wine country in Northern California to a beautiful retreat center overlooking rows upon rows of wine vineyards. Our focus however was on play and how to use play for spiritual, personal and professional development. Our leaders, Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter have been studying creativity for the past quarter century and have developed a system of play that integrates elements of body, mind and spirit that they named Interplay. In my latest newsletter...
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