September 20, 2023 Do You Really Need To Change The Whole World? It’s an intoxicating, noble and exciting idea, isn’t it? Who doesn’t want to “change the world?” It would be great for an individual to take some sort of action and bring about widespread and permanent change to the entire universe. Or would it? What if that change you made disrupted otherwise peaceful and stable situations? Ever heard of the butterfly effect? I hope that most of us are good-hearted, well-meaning individuals, and that many of us have a desire or drive to help others. Rather than thinking “globally,” as in “changing the world,” might it not be better to think…
June 28, 2023 She’s Gone, Oh Why? Hall and Oates asked this plaintive question about a dozen times in their song She’s Gone from 1976. Sadly, I remember when that song came out. Perhaps she’s gone because they were so whiny? But I digress… My daughter’s college roommate proposed an interesting idea regarding break-ups. Why not have a “Break-Up Checklist” in which you have a list of all of the things that went wrong, or just weren’t right. You can check off the list each time there is a break-up and perhaps begin to recognize a pattern. In that way, one could be forewarned and forearmed when…
June 14, 2023 Keep On Growing! Do you ever feel stagnant? Stuck in the same gear? Not advancing at work or enjoying that satisfying sensation of progressing forward? In a rut? “Grow” yourself out of it! Spend some time trying to develop personally. This doesn’t necessarily mean making major changes, like enrolling in a master’s program, getting plastic surgery or growing a man bun! How about reading a book relating to your business or profession? Maybe watch a webinar on time management? Take a new yoga class at your gym? Look into a new and interesting hobby? Small, incremental changes and improvements are always the way…
