Getting emotionally attached to sports teams leads to lots of time wasted watching TV and unhealthy mood swings based on outcomes of wins and losses completely out of my control.
Month: September 2012 (Page 1 of 2)
The few hours it takes to draft an invitation and send it to 80 people is worth it for a cause you believe in.
Just say “no” to all the add-ons suggested by the woman at the rental car counter.
Learning new skills then teaching and applying them, may be more of my strength than standard process thinking.
Traveling on multi-day, out-of-town business trips with associates I actually like is really pretty fun.
A business that avoids important decisions for years and is not accountable to anyone is eventually worthless.
Envy starts early and never stops.
The benefits of getting out and doing something with kids (and the dog) on Sunday always outweighs the cost.
If the guy on eBay with the washer part I needed wasn’t local, dirty clothes would have been waiting a week.
I need to get better at moving on when plans go sideways.
Beltline traffic at 7:30 is much worse than at 7.
During ArtPrize, people are everywhere and there is no place to park on the streets.
Giving the “cold shoulder” or lashing out are typical responses to uncomfortable situations. Neither are productive. #crucialconversations
Spending 14 years in plastic injection molding will eventually pay off.
Giving the winners treats was a great addition to the picnic games.
We need to figure out what’s generally okay and what’s not, so everything isn’t an on-the-spot, one-off decision.
It’s fun to tell someone why their son should go to Marquette.
It’s fun to see a close game but not when he only plays on kick returns.
Cutting it close on gas or the parking meter is not worth the stress.
A note on the windshield is better than a ticket.
