December 2, 2010 – 2:05 pm
Wanta be more effective and get more sh#t done? Ease up!
Take it from a veteran over-doer. I have a Master’s degree in Impatient Futile Forcing Ever-mindful of Disappointment (aka MIFFED). That doesn’t get you there sooner and certainly not in better shape. The alternative…..? Do what the experts do.
Relax and still take all the credit! [...]
September 16, 2010 – 12:30 pm
STILL WAITING?
Life is too short to wear tight shoes. Or to be trapped by restricting attitudes or beliefs. Or to wait for conditions to change so you can finally live your life to the fullest.
If you aren’t using words like ”wonderful, rich, meaningful, fulfilling, purposeful, blessed, happy, juicy” to describe your life, then – by golly – you are [...]
TYPHOID MERRY
Now just stay with me a minute, this is a good thing – thus the oh so clever play on words. Given the power of contagion with germs, rumors, and fear, why not use it for the good stuff?
The National Academy of Sciences recently reported “the first laboratory evidence that cooperative behavior is contagious and [...]
February 16, 2010 – 4:06 pm
WHY RECESS MATTERS
School kids do it, Congress does it, even plants during winter snows do it. (If you know the tune, please sing along.) Fact is, taking recess is an occurrence in both the natural and the human-made world. It is us adult bi-ped’s who are not very reliable for knowing when to take one.
Every [...]
January 15, 2010 – 12:33 pm
JANUARY 2010
The Slippery Art of TIMING
Timing is a frighteningly powerful feat, producing everything from divine to disastrous results. And it’s critical to almost everything we do: merging in traffic, passing the ball, asking for a raise, cooking a meal, closing the deal, catching a plane or Ark, delivering the punch line, winning the [...]