Please, don’t listen!

There is so much new stuff coming out about listening. It is listed at the top of those things that can make or break a relationship. It has now become an essential ’strategy’ for good communication.

What is now between us is a checklist, ensuring that we get it right, so we can revel in the results!

Continue reading

Your book didn’t work for me!

The weather is bad and I need something to read. “Nope, nothing here.” he says, glancing quickly past the hundred or so, books in front of him.

A notable author once said, in response to a question about whether we read more these days, that ‘libraries are full of books that no one reads.’

Continue reading

Today? But, yesterday is all I got!

I just retreated from a heavy and heated discussion on another blog site. Well, it was more of an engagement than a discussion, and my energy was pretty much drained. How come? Energizing conversations bring an energizing influence to my life. So what happened this time?

Continue reading

Tax for the memories….or not!

It’s the time of year when many Great White Northerners get nervous in dealing with the un-elected ‘civil’ wing of the government. This should never be the case, and yet every year we hear of these many, many conflicts, unsatisfactory dealings with the tax collection system in this country.

Continue reading