When I was 12 years old and felt virtually friendless, I picked up a copy of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. Yes, I was a nerd, but I have always gone to books for answers, and as a shy and awkward kid I needed a strategy to succeed. I don’t...
Because I agreed without paying attention, I ended up–along with my daughter and grandson–at Ober Gatlinburg, an alpine amusement park where almost everything includes lots of altitude, of which I am terrified. First there was the chairlift which goes to...
I was having a conversation with myself the other day and realized something amazing— if I take away my lectures to myself about what I’m doing wrong, my judgments on what people should be doing differently (I can’t believe she wore that to the meeting), and my...
