How to cope with the return to in-person work — Who are these people who can simply quit their jobs? That was my first thought after reading a recent Bloomberg article about employees are quitting their jobs rather than giving up working from home as the pandemic recedes in some parts of the world. Sure, it’s important to acknowledge that…

The sneaky way we let adulting steal our progress “People never grow up, they just learn how to act in public.” ― Bryan White Were you the kid with a million ideas? Me too. I had plans for businesses, novels, TV shows, artwork, products and inventions. I even knew how…

Instead of who we desperately need them to be — “It’s not about changing “them,” it’s about healing YOU.” ― Shannon Tanner, Worthy: The POWER of Wholeness In a recent Dear Abby column titled Girlfriend of 20 Years Takes a Stand, a woman asked what she should do about her longtime boyfriend. The woman had told her boyfriend that she…

A brief history of sports fans throwing stuff I hope that no one ever heckles you because they didn’t like how you wrote a report, served a meal, cleaned a floor or conducted a meeting. …

Even if history, culture and your loved ones say otherwise You mention that the plot had too many holes, your friend tells you that you just didn’t follow the movie. You say it looks like rain, your spouse says it’s just a few clouds. You remind your manager that without…

Discover the barriers to your best life and knock them down… Finally, after all these years, I have a consistent exercise routine. It weighed on me, literally and figuratively, for too long. I knew that if I worked out, I would look better, feel better, think better and move better…

Do This Instead Have you written a letter to your younger self? My hats off to you. I’ve started and stopped such letters more than I care to admit. For reasons, I wish were not true of me. I gave up writing to my 15-year-old self because that girl knew…

(a poem about the risk of runaway self-righteousness)