LEARN A LITTLE: There Is No Such Thing as All of a Sudden   I was talking with a neighbor recently, who was, according to him, mowing the grass for the last time this year. “All of a sudden,” his mower quit, and the engine just died. No matter how many times he...

LEARN A LITTLE:   How's Your Job Going? It’s amazing how many people I have met during my career, who have shared the fact that they hate their job. I recently met a fellow in middle management, who told me, “I only have 14 more years, 3 months, 11 days and 15...

LEARN A LITTLE:   Something to Think About I was at a conference recently and a number of us were sitting together discussing the “secrets” of successful leadership. We ended up talking about a wide variety of topics and shared a wide variety of viewpoints. It...

LEARN A LITTLE: The Perils of Convenience Like a lot of constructs, “convenience” can define very positive things or results as well as negative ones. Most people would agree that using a microwave oven, shopping online, purchasing a book on Amazon, etc. are welcome...

LEARN A LITTLE: Getting Things Done Among the most valuable people in any organization are those who get things done—in the agreed to or acceptable manner. It’s amazing how often organizations will turn to an obviously busy employee, in terms of a time crunch or...

LEARN A LITTLE: The Fitbit Fit to Tell Me What Kind of Day I am Going to Have Like millions of other consumers, I first bought a Fitbit as a step tracker, trying to be physically active and buying into the health goal of 10,000 daily steps. Beside that, I wanted a...

LEARN A LITTLE: Pet Peeves or Pet Praises Some friends and I were having a conversation about the little things that you experience or come across during the day that can really irritate or annoy you. Some, in fact, can be quite petty.   Our continued discussion...

LEARN A LITTLE:The Stories We Tell Ourselves It’s a fact that we all tell stories to ourselves-all day. It’s how we interpret the things going on around us or happening to us. In fact, our stories shape our perspective of the world. In this month’s blog I’d like to...