Lighten Up With Laughter
Earlier this week, my son (who will turn 11 years old tomorrow) was lamenting how he simply couldn't wait for Spring Break to start; it was all he could do...
A Little Insecurity Goes a Long Way
A long time ago, a mentor of mine told me, “If you’re not a little nervous, you’re not stretching yourself enough”. Of course, he was trying to make the point...
The Certainty of Uncertainty
I'm smart enough to know not to talk politics in the workplace (although sometimes I let a comment slip here and there, despite my best efforts, I'm human too!) And...
Communicating My Story
I need your help! With this month's focus being Communication, I figured I would use the final February Thought Partner to ask for it. Many of you know I am a...
Pictures Are Powerful Words
This morning I decided to ask Claude (an AI platform) why picture books are so powerful in helping children make connections between images and words. Here's verbatim what it shared...
The Most Unhealthy Salad of All
Our focus this month is powerful words and successful communication.So, *|FNAME|*, why the salad pictured above?And why the title "The Most Unhealthy Salad of All"?Any guesses before the big reveal? Have...
Book Review – The Let Them Theory
If you are into social media at all, you've probably heard of the viral "let them" movement that's been hot for the past several months. People have been posting their...
What’s Your Choice Today?
I saw a meme the other day that made me chuckle.It said, "Boy, January has been a long year." As I sat down to write today's Thought Partner Friday, that...
The Decision Dance
About a million years ago (or what feels like it at this point), I had the experience of taking a tango lesson in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although it was super...
Know Less
The title of today's TPF is "Know Less". Traditionally, we seek to know more, not to know less. Yet learning to know less can have the potential to produce not only...