At times, it seems there’s nothing we can agree on.
Whether you’re discussing a new product feature with your team or talking politics at the table during your family holiday dinner, tempers can flare and biting words can leave us frustrated and angry.
Public discourse is broken. We feel it everywhere.
Continue reading 3 Ways to Disagree Productively and Find Common Ground [Video]
The Dixon Ticonderoga.
I can still see the bright yellow Dixon Ticonderoga pencil with the perfect sharp tip sitting on my third grade desk as I waited for my teacher to hand out math tests.
My pencil always had to have a sharp tip.
Which meant I spent a fair amount of time sharpening it at the pencil sharpener, much to my teacher Mrs. Simpson’s frustration.
Before she could pass the tests out to my row, I picked up my pencil, twirled it around with my fingers, switched it to my left hand, and started tapping it on the palm of my right hand.
And that’s when it happened. Continue reading TED Talk: Why the Pencil is Perfect [Video]
It’s Monday morning, the beginning of the work week, and after a lovely, relaxing weekend, you’re not feeling motivated to get started on your different work projects.
I know that feeling; I’ve been there many times.
Similar to hiking a trail in the woods and coming to a fork in the trail. Which fork, or project, do you start first? Continue reading Motivation Monday: 21 Inspirational Quotes from Women