Somewhere between scanning QR codes and letting algorithms pick our personalities, something else quietly shifted. Our relationships started to feel lighter. Faster. More replaceable. Enter the overlap I can’t stop thinking about the “5-Year Stranger Theory” (which I write about yesterday) meets the digital leash. Because yes, relationships […]
Some people treat your emotional energy like it’s on tap. Unlimited refills. Always available. Open 24/7 like a neon-lit diner in the Bronx. And the worst part? They never deposit. Just constant withdrawals. Suddenly, you’re left drained, annoyed, and questioning all your life choices, including answering that one […]
This morning I received an inbox advertisement for Microsoft Cloud which noted it was good for sustainability. That word sustainability caught my eye. Everything these days is about sustainability or so say millions of people. If something is sustainable it is able to be maintained at the current […]
Have you heard of ride or die friends? Those friends who will be there with you to the end. When you have such people in your life, even if its just one person, you are rich and blessed. Last year around this time I sent an early morning […]
As you make new friendships and relationships, you somewhat enter a blank space or canvas. However, you are not. You bring fears, goals, and mental handcuffs. You might bring scattered thoughts even on a solid foundation. One thing to monitor is to see if you are moving from […]
Lately several of my clothing items have had loose threads. They’ve been caught on bag zippers, doorknobs, and tacks. Walking through my office is a minefield, at times. I hate loose threads. I don’t sew. Thus, my natural inclination is to rip it off. Sometimes gingerly and other […]
Let start off with this. I tend to have great empathy towards others. As a matter of fact, I have been advised that I have too much empathy. Yes, there is such a thing as an over-empathizer. And, because of that I can often be a little slow […]
Sometimes when you break something in a store, then they make you pay for it. I remember hearing something similar when Colin Powell noted the Pottery Barn rule of “you break it, you bought it.” Although, the phrase goes further back than Pottery Barn, supposedly. The phrase “If you break it, you’ve bought it” was reportedly first […]
A while back when I was in graduate school getting my PhD in psychology, there were some cool psychology research studies that looked at how people said goodbye to each other at airports. The studies would look at how long people hugged for, who tended to hug, […]
I don’t know if this occurs in the corporate training world, but in non-profits, almost all trainings start off with an icebreaker. These can run the gamut from telephone game to unraveling a big ball of twine with your fellow training comrades-in-arms. These are meant to build rapport […]
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