The Stories We Tell Ourselves – March 1st, 2025
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...
Just Asking for a Friend – February 1st, 2025
LEARN A LITTLE:Just Asking For a Friend Like a lot of people, I’ve turned away from TV as a source for news and, for that matter, also newspapers, with the exception of the Farmers Weekly Review of Will County, Illinois. These days, it seems like you don’t know what...
What Happens Next? – January 1, 2025
LEARN A LITTLE:What Happens Next? Since it’s the beginning of a new year and our future is in front of us, I thought it would be helpful to truly have something important to think about. I think it really starts when we are about two years old and we think everything...
When Organizations Get Stale – December 1, 2024
LEARN A LITTLE:When Organizations Get Stale I met with two colleagues for lunch recently, and they were discussing the general topic of “how are things going” when I arrived. The response of one of the individuals stayed with me and serves as the basis of these...
How to Get Promoted – November 1, 2024
LEARN A LITTLE:How to Get Promoted Recently, I got a call from an individual, who has been working for a rather large company with hundreds of employees and many layers of management for over 10 years. The young man likes his company and is currently a first-level...
Storing up Positivity: The Benefits of a Gratitude Box – October 1, 2024
LEARN A LITTLE:Storing Up Positivity: The Benefits of a Gratitude Box I’ve always thought that the way we start our day makes a significant difference in how we experience the rest of the day. For the last six months, after a shower, a cup of coffee and breakfast, I...
Telephone Posts and Priorities – September 1, 2024
LEARN A LITTLE:Telephone Posts and Priorities A few weeks ago, I was traveling to a meeting a few hours away. As I transitioned to the rural countryside, I noticed all of the newly erected telephone poles lining the highway. At 55 miles an hour, each pole appeared...
Knowing Yourself Isn’t Enough – August 1, 2024
LEARN A LITTLE:Knowing Yourself Isn’t Enough In this month’s blog, I am sharing some thoughts and insights I have been putting together regarding the concept of the self. I actually like the original Old English definition of self: “One’s own person,” that is, our...
The Encouragement of High Order Grumbling – July 1, 2024
LEARN A LITTLE:The Encouragement of High Order Grumbling For some people, discouragement seems to be a way of life. Is it perhaps in their genes or their wiring? I'm not sure. What is apparent is that negative thoughts and worries are the dominant feature of their...
Some Thoughts About Worrying – June 1, 2024
LEARN A LITTLE:Some Thoughts About Worrying All of us worry from time to time. I can’t imagine a parent, student, or employee who hasn’t experienced some uneasy thoughts or feelings about the future. It is also clear that some people worry more than others, and that...