When I got engaged, my friend Susan took me out for lunch and gave me the best advice I ever got. It was a long time ago, so I may not be remembering accurately, but I think she even tagged this advice as, "A little recommendation that will save your sanity." It was challenging advice …
I caught myself in a Big Procrastination today. Yes, we all have little procrastinations. I often procrastinate cleaning the kitty litter because, after I clean the kitty litter, I clean the bathroom – and who likes cleaning the bathroom? Not me! (True story – I used to host dinner parties every couple of weeks because …
I have a good friend whose demeanor has so much gravitas that, even in a crowded room, when he has a thought he wants to share, he just lifts one finger and takes a breath, and a silence falls as all look to him for his wisdom. When I first met him, it irritated me. …
Odd that a site dedicated to change talks about acceptance? Sometimes the path to change passes through acceptance. I went through a phase, earlier in life, where I had trouble getting dressed for work. Nothing seemed to look good enough. I would get dressed in the clothes I had picked out, look at myself in …
What works better: coming down hard on someone who rebels against the change you want to see – or coopting them to be part of the solution? When I was managing change for Barnes & Noble, this was something I gave a lot of thought to. In the decades that I worked there, we regularly …
