Out of Place
Have you ever seen a picture, read a short story (or a slogan) or watched a video and it was just out of place. You couldn’t really connect with the content because it was just incongruent. Timing. Relevant context. The Read More …
Category: opinion
Just Say It
Anything you want to know more about, just say it out loud. Ask questions. Do research. Read more. Watch a little. Be ready to learn. You don’t even need to be that interested in something but if you just say Read More …
Ready Set Wait
Go should be next, but instead, it is ready, set, wait. Planning ahead is a good thing but when something out of your control: weather shipping delays 3rd party provider effort an untested (but well thought out) solution that doesn’t Read More …
Pleasantly Surprised
When you are pleasantly surprised… by a company, by a colleague, by an organization, by a casual friend – an acquaintance really – let’s not elevate them too high, by an institution, so much so that you may not even Read More …
Keep Looking
You may not find what it is that you believe, but keep looking… It may feel like it is a waste of time; time that could be better spent. It may seem futile. Click. Search. Read. Repeat. It may take Read More …
Make It Look Easy
You can make it look easy, but that doesn’t mean that you should. Life is hard. Some tasks are challenging. They don’t know what you know. Learning new things takes time. Life changes and then, it can be new again. Read More …
Take the Lunch
If asked to make plans, be sure to take the lunch appointment – the one where you share a meal (not just work through.) Have more casual conversations. See how they interact with the wait staff. Get an idea of Read More …
If There’s Nothing Better
What do you do if there’s nothing better to do? Choose the things you don’t necessarily like to do – but have to get done. (Even on a holiday.) Cleaning. Packing. Gardening. Weeding. Sorting. Organizing. Planning. If there’s nothing better Read More …
Only Imagine
When something happens, you can only imagine what it was that made it so… shocking. sudden. different. rare. important. impactful. risky. noisy. silly. stupid. If you are not there, to see it and witness it first hand, you have to Read More …
Debate but Still be Wrong
Someone can win the debate but still be wrong. Ever experience that? Just because the argument can be won, with hard facts, a compelling argument and prior precedence, does not mean that moral and societal acceptance is on the winning Read More …