It is the only option you have if you are a busy person There is very little hope for a day when, at 6:15, someone you love screams in your face at the top of their lungs, kicks you in the balls, and punches you in the stomach. There is no better adjective to describe such mornings than 'shit." ...

Incorporating an important step from the Montessori workflow There is a difference between authoritarian and authoritative communication models. Authoritarian communication is one established through fear and coercion. If this model had a motto, it would be, "Because I said so." Authoritative com...

And it doesn't matter. You still have to do it.  I saw my mother-in-law last Sunday, and she told me how, on Friday, she hosted a small get-together after a putting contest at our local golf course. She woke up early in the morning to cook and clean, then ran to the course, then came back to host...

Two suggestions for your creative practice from John Cleese's book Creativity Every time I fly to Hawaii with Hawaiian Airlines, I read Hana you. It is the airline's magazine, and it is filled with great stories, beautiful photography of all the islands, and suggestions of what to do depending o...

  In college, I competed in college forensics, a weird word for debate and not a competition to figure out blood splatter patterns. But to travel with the team, you needed to have other events you competed on. I did after-dinner speeches and impromptu speaking. When you watch an Impromptu competi...