Two 6 year olds overheard at their workplace – the playground: Chris: C’mon, we’ll play with my new ball. Pat: I’m not doing that- it’s dumb. I’m climbing that slide. Chris: It’s not dumb. Climbing is dumb. I’m playing with the ball. Pat: You’re an idiot. That’s all you...
Attending a class is wonderful: gathering info, sharing ideas, venting a little, hearing different perspectives. Some of our classes have waiting lists! But sometimes a class doesn’t fit. Sometimes a person has a communication need that others don’t have, so a group class isn’t available. Sometimes...
This rule could not be more simple. People misuse these words because they haven’t learned the rule, but once learned it is simplicity itself. Is this confusing? I ate the apple. or Me ate the apple. Of course not. We all know that ‘I’ is the one...
Unless you work in a one-person organization, you are part of a team. But wait~ even though there are others working in the same organization, we don’t work together. So we aren’t really a team, right? Not exactly. There are many kinds of teams. Those who work...
Some conversations are difficult, and with the convenience of email and text many people manage to avoid having any of those difficult conversations. They tell themselves that it’s easier to ‘just send a note’, but the real reason is they’re afraid to talk. Talking involves a...
Priscilla tells me that her resolution for 2019 is to renovate her personal lexicon. A lexicon, or specialized vocabulary, personal and specific to you consists of the words you most frequently use. We each have our own. Many words appear in the lexicons of many people,...