My coworkers expect me to show up at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday to answer questions on Zoom. Mortgage and credit card companies expect me to pay my bills on time. The elderly seniors who live with me expect me to have their meals ready on time every day. These are expectations borne out of social … Read more
My private integrity is a highly confidential matter. Don’t ask questions, and I won’t tell you any lies. Anonymous. We push our chairs back after we’ve dined at a restaurant, we roll our shopping cart back into the corral instead of abandoning it in the parking lot, and we hold the door open to let … Read more
One of the more useless skills I’ve recently developed is the ability to tell time without needing to look at a clock. Sure, in terms of utility, this ranks somewhere between being able to recite the first 23 decimals in Pi or knowing the entire lyrics to the Beatles song I am the Walrus. Still. … Read more
It was supposed to be a three-minute task. I log on to the website to cancel my landline service (a term that may only be familiar to people of a certain age). Of course, the “Cancel Service” menu option does not exist, so I initiate a chat session. Soon, I’m told, “You need to call … Read more
If you are keen on personal growth, you need to take unqualified personal responsibility for your behavior and actions AND adopt an internal locus of control. I understand I’m stepping into the dare-zone with this talk of personal responsibility. I hope you will too by the end of this article. First things first, though. Personal … Read more
Why do we indulge in behaviors that aren’t in our best interests? What are the signs of self-sabotage? How do we stop self-sabotage and why does it matter? Captain Cautious A few mornings ago, I woke up, determined to get an 8-mile run in before work. I was about 4 miles in when I got … Read more
If you stop learning, you start dying. Learning something new is key not just for growth, but for survival. Let’s learn why. When was the last time you truly learnt learned something new? My Commonwealth upbringing keeps wanting to use the term ‘learnt’ but my location-based spell-check software (in California) keeps correcting it to ‘learned‘. … Read more