A family member and I were discussing (complaining) about how difficult it is to lose weight. I said that my philosophy was that I would rather lose 5 pounds 5 times than to try to lose 25 pounds once. She laughed at me, until I explained why. It is easier to lose 5 pounds each …
Why do you do the things you do? I think why we do things is usually more important than what we do. If we don’t know why we are doing something, how do we know if we are doing the right thing? If we don’t know why, we are just going through the motions. I …
Although I believe that we should strive for excellence, that we should do our best, sometimes we can’t. Often, we don’t have the time to do everything that we need to do as well as we could or as well as we would like. We must prioritize how we will spend a limited resource—time. When …
A friend and I were discussing how difficult it can be to accomplish things because “life happens.” I have been thinking quite a bit about that conversation and I have decided that “life happens” isn’t an excuse. Yes, things happen. Usually, though, we can manage this either through better planning or through making better choices. …
We are where we are in life because of the choices we have made. All our choices have consequences. It is not just a matter of each choice having a consequence (or consequences), however. Our choices, and the consequences, accumulate and can have a domino effect. For example, choosing to eat a piece of dessert …
Saturday, April 15, is the first of what I hope will be an annual event, Madtown Author Daze. It is from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the lobby of the MMOCA, 227 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin. It will be a great opportunity to meet dozens of authors from all genres and listen to live …
Sometimes we don’t ask for what we want or need. We somehow expect others to intuitively know. That doesn’t happen. Telepathy or mind-reading only exists in science fiction and fantasy. I’m rather embarrassed to admit this, but recently I was irritated with my husband. It seemed that he was doing much more than normal to …
When we tell ourselves that we did something well, that’s positive. Maybe we did well in an interview, in a discussion, or in confronting an employer, employee, or customer. Maybe we did well in something that benefits our health, such as exercising. Maybe we handled a difficult situation with a friend or family member with …
For as long as I can remember, I have believed in constantly expanding our comfort zone. Before I had heard the term, I believed that we should keep trying new things even if we were not comfortable with it or if it scared us. Recently I had a conversation with a young woman that has …
Avoid the Error Chain (Video Link) “Error chain” is an aviation term. It is a term to describe a series of mistakes that can lead to an accident or incident. There are two basic principles. The first is that one bad decision often leads to another. The second is that as the number of bad …