Around St. Valentine’s Day, I was helping my daughter Daphne make her mom a card. She’s five (“five and three-quarters, thank you very much,” she says) and she frequently spells words without any vowels at all. In the card she wanted to let her know how ... Views: 681
Just about every business has policies: those rules and guidelines that clear up the grey areas between the business and its clients and customers, clarifying expectations, keeping integrity intact, helping the business process run smoothly.
But what about your personal policies? If you feel ... Views: 725
Boy, that’s a hot topic, isn’t it. We’ve been hearing for the last couple of decades about the consequences of stress. I’m sure you feel them yourself.
Ever wake up in the middle of the night with your mind on overdrive? Do you get to the end of the work day exhausted and tense, wondering ... Views: 1986
How well do you manage change in your life?
It's an important question, as practically every philosopher in history has pointed out, because change is the only constant in life; it's the one thing we can really count on.
And as there are so many circumstances out there in the world we can't ... Views: 943
Our daughter recently said out of the blue, "Daddy, firefighters are boys and teachers are girls, right?"
For those of you that don't know about our daughter, she's four and the most brilliant, sweetest, most curious, most beautiful creature in the whole wide world. That's not just my ... Views: 922
I was watching the animated film Chicken Run with my daughter a couple of weeks back - if you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a rental, especially if you're into a send up of old concentration-camp-breakout movies.
Anyway, Ginger, leader of the fowl breakout plot, rallies her fellow ... Views: 1006