Paula Fargo, Author at Paula's Point

April 30, 2024

Just eat already!

Want to know if you’re the type of friend who talks more than listens? Look at who has more food on their plate after a “catch up” lunch. If your plate still has most of your menu selection moldering on it, guess what, IT’S YOU! Yes, I know people eat at different rates of ravenousness, and some pick at their meals while others wolf them down. Correcting for that, I’m still convinced that the person doing most of the talking is not eating their meal as quickly as the poor companion who can continue forking food into their mouth while…

January 31, 2024

A Little of This, a Little of That

Do you remember Flat Stanley a two-dimensional boy in children’s books? I used to read these books to my daughters when they were young. Here’s something to consider: there are very few “Flat Stanleys” in the world, and that is a good thing! So many people are “multi-dimensional,” good at more than one thing. However, at work, or at home, or as a friend, it is sometimes hard to see what that “other thing” is that they are actually good at! People have hobbies, outside interests, and skills learned as children or in previous jobs. If one digs a bit…

December 29, 2023

So Right

Do you love your job? Do you have a passion for what you do every day? Is it meaningful and fulfilling to you? We spend so much time at work, getting to our jobs, going home from our jobs, and thinking about our jobs, that it would be great to be able to say you love your job! I have 2 daughters who considered carefully what they wanted to do after they graduated college. They posed the questions: What would I love to do every day and what can I make a good living at? Not everyone has the luxury…