In the last blog, “Why do you feel that way?” (August 27, 2020), I introduced you to a foundational emotional management model. I promised to provide you with a few illustrations of how you can use it. Before drawing several pictures of defensive...
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Where does your anger, fear, and guilt originate? Sometimes such emotions are appropriate, even necessary. But not always. Such powerful emotions seem to have a life of their own. Haven’t you asked yourself at times, “Why do I feel like this?” It...
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We never know what the world will be like in the future. That’s particularly true as we emerge from the pandemic that has accelerated change. Along with wondering and speculating about what the world will be like, questions about work begin to...
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It’s early Monday morning. You are sound asleep. “Dead to the world,” we sometimes say. But not for long. Before you went to sleep last night, you knew it would happen. The truth be told, you brought this on yourself. The moment has been in...
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I just came across a simple idea that is to the point and worth considering: “LISTEN and SILENT have the same letters!” The person who shared that with me added, “Do you think that is a coincidence?” Perhaps, but you can’t have one...
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In the last six months, Zoom has become one of the most widely used virtual meeting apps. The chief reason is that it is extremely user friendly. Compared to other similar applications, the learning curve is almost nonexistent. However, that does...
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America is unique in the history of nations! We are not unique in having a flawed story. Every nation is less than perfect, some tragically and cruelly so from caste systems that perpetuate an underclass to the tyranny of socialism that, by...
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We all need structure. That is particularly true for infants and youngsters. As a result, the kind of structure we had when we were children dramatically influences how we navigate through life when we become adults. We live in a cause and...
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The next time you ask a person to do something, try using the word “because,” and watch what happens. We all know people are more likely to do what we request when we give them a reason. “Why” is one of the first words we learn as infants. We...
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What words come to mind when you look at the above picture? Here is my initial list: Forgiveness. Empathy. Love. Acceptance. Hope. As major cities across the nation are being ravaged by violence, it is worth taking a moment to recall the First...
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“Show me the way!” That is what we need leaders to do for us when we are sailing through rough waters. They need to know how to get through the storms of life, and we need to know they are both competent and trustworthy. No one will follow you if...
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In three weeks, the number of U.S. employees working from home doubled from 31% to 62%. From mid-March to mid-April, the percentage of employees who said they would prefer to continue WFH—the new acronym for Work From Home—was over half...
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