Remember Etch a Sketch, the fun drawing toy for kids? Whether your drawing was great or awful, allyou had to do was turn it upside down and shake and everything vanished, you got to start over. And how does that relate to anything in particular? Think of a situation...
In a class I was teaching the other day I asked everyone to share one of the best pieces of advice they’d ever received. A young woman floored me with a comment from her grandmother, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” What do you think? My first inclination was to...
“If you want to test your memory,” said George F. Burns, “try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.” Let’s make it easier, try to think about something that really worried you two weeks ago? One week ago? Yesterday? Worry depletes energy, and...
It was a little before midnight when my flight to LaGuardia landed. There was so much pandemonium on board my first thought was, “Great. A lot of New Yorkers doing what they do, being rude and pushy.“ Finally, my row started moving. Seated next to me was a husband and...
I was paying for jeans at JCPenney the other day and the young cashier was doing everything possible to help me save money. After discovering I had no coupons or discounts, he finally told me what I owed, and I paid. He then shocked me by looking me in the...
