Are You Being Helpful–Or Are You Trying To Force Solutions?
English: Drying carpets in a village factory (Ourika Valley, Morocco) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) My friend, Lily, who has been featured in several blogs here and here really wants her boyfriend to sell...
View ArticleTool For Tuesday: How To Predict The Future
Predictions of New Media ala 1974 (Photo credit: Dan Zen) How can you predict the future? How can you predict what someone else will do? By looking at what they’ve already done. Look at your boss. She...
View ArticleFace it. Trace it. Erase it.
FOR YOU LOVE PEACE ………. MAMITA SUFFER PAIN SKY ANGEL REMEMBER FOREVER REST …….. (Photo credit: LUZ-2011) I told Lily the whole spiel about my faux-pas the other day and she said, “It’s the cycle of...
View ArticleKnowledge Means Unlearning
English: Margaret Atwood – Munich 19.10.2009 Deutsch: Margaret Atwood – Literaturhaus München – Lesung am 19.10.2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In her poweful book, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood...
View ArticleMother’s Day: Get Your Kids Under Control and Get Your Life Back. More Super...
I know, sometimes you feel like you are down on your knees…And not just figuratively. Here are some more tools in honor of Mother’s Day to get your kids under control and get your life back. 1. Don’t...
View ArticleMother’s Day: A Mother’s Top Ten Commandments
Mother’s Day cake (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you lose it, you lose it. Don’t lose control. If you do, then your kids will lose control and a bad situation only gets worse. Happy mother, happy...
View ArticleJohn Chancellor: Habits…And How To Get Things Done
John Chancellor, Author and Amazon Reviewer I’d like to welcome John Chancellor, Author of Lessons in Life – Stories that Touch the Heart, Teach the Soul who is also one of Amazon’s top 500 book...
View ArticleTool For Tuesday: Drop the Because.
Tuesday Taylor and Little Sister Dodi (Photo credit: Plastic Beauty) Can I go to the movies, Mom? No, because it costs a lot of money with the popcorn. I won’t buy popcorn. But the soda’s also...
View ArticleTool For Tuesday: What Are You Waiting For?
Gladys Bletter’s cigarette was her best weapon. Suppose you are on your death bed. What’s left to say? I’d like to think I’ll say only the most meaningful things when the time is running out. I’d...
View ArticleTool For Tuesday: Mark Your Boundaries.
AT THE BORDER: THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN CANADA AND THE U.S. You are you and they are they. Sometimes, we don’t know where we end and the people we love begin. We want to help people but sometimes we rob...
View ArticleYom Kippur Lessons from My Quirky Jewish Mother
Here’s an article that I wanted to post for those of you who don’t see my FB page from Kveller.com Yom Kippur Lessons from My Quirky Jewish Mother SHARE TWEET PIN IT 232 SHARES DIANA BLETTERSEP 22,...
View ArticleAre You a People-Pleaser?
Then here’s a story for you: The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey A man and his son headed to market with their donkey. A man on a horse passed them and asked, “Why aren’t you riding your donkey?” The man...
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