It is not unusual for us to encounter situations in our personal and professional lives that are frustrating or even result in feelings of anger. The cause of these frustrated feelings may be myriad, but what we do with those feelings of frustration can have a positive impact. Take the example of what happened when […]
Failure to Communicate
“What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate” This quotation is from an old Paul Newman movie entitled, “Cool Hand Luke.” I don’t remember much about the movie, but I do remember that one line. This quote can also apply to the following scenarios. Mark and Emily agreed to meet for dinner at a […]
Plan Your Life, Then Adjust
A man landed a job painting the yellow line down the center of the highway, by hand. After three days his foreman complained about the job he was doing. “Your first day out, you did great,” he said. “You painted that line for three miles. Your second day wasn’t bad. You painted two miles. But […]
Learn From the Thorns in Your Life
We have a wonderful climbing rose near our front door that produces some really beautiful apricot colored roses. As I cut and prepared the roses for display as an arrangement this summer, I suffered many pricks from the thorns on their stems. Needless to say, I wondered if I would not have been better off […]