“Just ask him.” asserted Karen. “I don’t want to.” cowered Lily. It was clear Lily was reluctant to ask him, even though she knew she wanted it a lot. Deborah enquired as to why Abigail didn’t want to ask him. Maybe she didn’t think he had the ability to deliver it. Maybe he would not […]
Read More Just Ask HimI mentioned recently about how an incident got the power of the story to my attention in a really distinct way. There were a couple of stories it reminded me of that people buy into. ——— Story One: Glass Half Full Nothing is perfect. Yet look at the tremendous strides we have made over time. […]
Read More The Story You Buy Into – Two StoriesThere was an incident that took place recently which brought the power of story to sharp focus for me. A friend shared how she had been in an email dialogue with a new member of the workplace. The correspondent thought she could get friendly and familiar and call my friend pet names. My friend politely […]
Read More The Story You Buy Into – An IncidentIt’s something that you see in the football, that’s not just about the football. They’re not playing well. It must be the manager. He’s not getting the best out of them. They should be playing a lot better than that. They’re not playing for the manager. They’re not playing well. For the amount that was […]
Read More When They’re Not Playing WellIt is a point in life to seek to understand where the other person is coming from. That doesn’t take just sitting and listening to what is being said. That take active engagement in the conversation to further draw out the content and underlying concepts at place in what’s being delivered. There was an occasion […]
Read More Are We Talking About The Same Thing?According to the one earthly being I love above all others, I can sometimes use fifteen words to explain something that she might need in five. She prefers the five. She was overjoyed, then, when we sat around a table with some good friends sharing life together. One of our friends shared something very simple […]
Read More Converse, Connect, Understand & ActIdentity is such a crucial factor in life. “Who am I?” It is an important question to answer. I wonder however if we start with the wrong person. Being to ‘just be you’ isn’t very helpful when you don’t know the ‘you’ that you’re supposed to be. Being told that you’ll ‘discover it’ as you […]
Read More Who You Start FromMy wife and I were having a conversation recently. In it I was musing on how sad it is that no single person will ever know all there is to know about another individual. She concurred that it would be impossible for that to happen, but not in the sense that it’s necessarily a bad […]
Read More Not Just One: Need for RotationFunny isn’t it. They need help for the first part. Then you’re getting them to do things on their own and as soon as they are well into doing things on their own, in the last part, they need help to get things done. It’s tough really, because although there’s plenty to be said for […]
Read More With Some AssistanceAs the two sat back and looked at their situation, the conclusion was clear. This would take a crew. The two of them on their own were not going to get this job done. This would need someone for that part of the job, they would need two people to that other part of the […]
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