Happenings in your life, your behavior, and the behavior of others need an explanation that makes sense to us. Humans are hard-wired to seek an explanation for things and are constantly assembling beliefs about how the world works, the behavior…
“I just can’t think of anything I can compliment them for.” People, who say this, probably deserve a compliment for at least trying to think of something for which to compliment another person. Most of us don’t take that time.…
Does this kind of thing ever cross your mind? What? Another appointment? Another conversation? Another project? Another task? Another social engagement? Another problem to solve? Another call for commitment? No Room! How does a person get to the point of…
It’s the Thanksgiving season in the United States. We’ve not always had a seasonal approach to giving thanks. It’s been practiced, off and on, nationally since 1789 and became a national holiday in 1863 during the dark days of the…
How would you like to be really healthy, on top of your productivity game, and have less brain fog? Diet and exercise are important, but sleep is even more important and serves as a foundation upon which diet and exercise…
We do a lot of telling and directing with children. Right? That’s because they don’t yet have the life experiences or the cognitive ability to figure some things out. They may look at the stove, feel the heat from a…
If you delegate that task away, what will keep you busy? Will you be giving away things you like to do? Will others do an excellent job with the delegated task? Will others think you’re lazy or irresponsible? Click the…
If we are all honest, people do make us “crazy” (read “stressed out”). And, if we are emotionally intelligent, we know that we make other people “crazy,” too. Here are some tips (tips of the iceberg, that is) on what…
You know that problem you've had recently or the one you are facing right now? I'm talking about problems bigger than restaurant choice or which clothes to wear for the day. What's your usual approach to solving those bigger problems?…
When the pressure of schedule, deadlines, people, and other life demands is on, stress rises. You go into (or live in) the same life-preserving fight-flight-freeze response that our cave-dwelling ancestors did when encountering a saber tooth tiger or T-Rex. That…
