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Photo by Pixabay on aPexels.com 4 Acronyms to Challenge Our Thinking and Prevent Absorption by Artificial Intelligence (AI) WIIFM — What’s In It For Me? WIIFU — What’s In It For Us? WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get WYSIATI — What You See Is All There Is A thought piece by Kathryn Atkins […]
Q: What 20th century “convenience” is most taken for granted? A: 69% voted for TOILET PAPER; 42% say the zipper; 38% say frozen foods Q: If stranded on a desert island with only one “necessity,” what would you choose? A: 49% of people surveyed chose toilet paper as their greatest island necessity ahead of food. […]
Below is my list of a few things for which I would just as soon have someone or something come to me in the middle of the night and handle, so I don’t have to make an appointment for it, panic myself with the anticipation of it, suffer the pain of it, or take the time […]
We lasted THREE (3) weeks on our trip to Europe each of us with only one carry-on suitcase. In the winter. That’s right: a few pair of pants, a few tops, washing every few days and drying over the towel racks, and VOILÀ. It made me wonder when I returned home: Why do we need […]
Some folks might call it crazy. I call it coping. For those of us with parents that are of a certain age, we are thankful that someone had the sense to recommend that your octogenarian (in their 80s) or nonagenarian (in their 90s) parent not drive. It’s a good thing someone said it, because the […]
TOO MANY CHOICES Whether it’s business, our health, or our insurance policies, the problem is the same. We have too many choices. Result: We don’t choose. We do nothing at all. We’re exhausted and we’re paralyzed. Here are three folks who can tell us why we are not happier, and not smarter and not better off […]
“Give me a break.” In the vernacular, ‘give me a break’ means “Oh, come on.” On the other hand, taking a break has no second meaning. Does that mean it’s more serious? Taking a break is so important that it is mandated by law to protect employees from being forced to work without eating or […]
Knowing. Hah. That’s almost funny. No one really knows. We like to approach knowing, and as professionals we know more than non-professionals. However, there’s a reason the doctors, dentists and lawyers all have “practices.” They practice because they have not ‘mastered’ their professions. In fact, mastering is almost a nasty word to the good ones. Knowing—really knowing—is the […]
In summer, countless spiders dot my front and back yards. They look like little Christmas ornaments hanging from tiny invisible hooks, and they cast miniature, blurred shadows against the walls behind them when the morning sun hits them just right. Last week, a particularly plucky spider stood guard at my front porch. She was there […]