Strangers
Who’s in Charge?
From a credit card charge to a loan, we all borrow money… and the interest rate is generally based on “LIBOR”. This is the average rate at which major banks in London believed they could borrow money from each other. (Let’s put aside for the moment: Why London? Why banks?) Well, we’re getting rid of […]
Read More....Why Dogs Love Humans
Why Dogs and Humans Love Each Other More Than Anyone Else shares the long history of interconnectedness between dogs and people ending with a simple explanation for why we are so connected: LOVE. We love dogs. But is it love or changing morals? For sure dogs serve many of our needs. 44% of us own dogs- […]
Read More....We Is Greater Than I
Our world today is filled with adventure and new greater ideas knocking on our door- but the truth is that most of us aren’t adventurers. True inventors, explorers and creative artists aren’t a dime a dozen. Yet, we all seem to fancy that each of us is just that. We are all basking in the […]
Read More....Echo Chamber: How To Get Out
We like hearing our own voice over others, like an echo. Opposites don’t actually attract or make the best mates. Though we all know many people who are attracted to opposites, it’s generally the case that for our personal lives, most of us like to be with another version of ourselves. But what happens when […]
Read More....Words… Look Who’s Talking
Do we use our words with care? Words are powerful. They shape our thoughts. Thoughts shape our actions- good and bad. And so a pen is mightier than a sword. (Language Shapes Our Thoughts) Where does this leave us in an interconnected world? Many cultures exaggerate as a matter of fact. Americans are prone to […]
Read More....Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Robert Frost wrote in the Mending Wall, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall… Good fences make good neighbors.” As much as Frost did not like the wall that separated him from his neighbors, in the end the wall remained. Today, in America we are fortunate to live in a time when we are […]
Read More....Let’s Stop Oversensitivity
Enough with oversensitivity. I recently read an article about what not to say to a pregnant or new mom. The quick recap of the list is below. First, let’s discuss oversensitivity for a minute. (1) Oversensitivity is a way of asserting control over the behavior of those around you. An overly sensitive person will not see themselves […]
Read More....Do We Have Freedom of Thought?
When we first went on-line, we all thought that we are entering an information age which will give us all ultimate freedom. We will all have access to the same information. We were about to enter an era of democracy and free thought at its height. But a mere two decades from the start of […]
Read More....The Nose Picker
Six of us were in a room waiting for a meeting to start and one of the women in the room chimes in, “You’re never going to believe this… I was at a light and just looked over to my right and there was my mother-in-law picking her nose- I mean really digging in! So […]
Read More....Strangers, What to do with them
It’s said that how a person treats strangers is a true mark of character. There is no obvious benefit or harm with a stranger, as you feel effectively anonymous. Here’s a step by step to stranger interaction that we can all use. Notice Them. Look up. We all have our eyes on our phones, our […]
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