Words tell a story. So do actions. Reactions. Expressions. . Albert Mehrabian, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, has studied the importance of both verbal and non-verbal communication. Mehrabian says that our communication...
The first mistake was the suede ankle boots. I wouldn’t know that at the time, so I’ll refer to those as a “less than ideal choice of footwear.” The pilot alerts the descent into Indianapolis might be bumpy due to “the snowstorm,” I peek from my aisle seat...
Happy 200th anniversary to me! I’m not that old. But my blog is. This is the 200th blog post I’ve published since starting my writing on this site (formerly Commander-in-She) back in 2017. I celebrated How to Write 100 Blog Posts in March of 2019. The next...
A former colleague called me the other day, fatigued. She was working harder than ever, she felt, and not getting anywhere. At the same time, she was seeing peers seemingly move ahead with ease. What was she doing wrong? Nothing, I assured her. Some of us improve our...
Resolutions don’t work. We know that. And yet, in advance of each New Year, we find ourselves making them anyway. We promise to get up early and go to the gym, eat more vegetables and whole grains, meditate daily, ask for that raise, get bold, act kindly, give...
