Knowledge is a wonderful thing! Some people call my partner, Camille, and me “Information Junkies.” We are interested in a lot of topics! Many of these topics relate directly to the work we do. Other topics are clearly outside the realm of work. Either way, there are times when we need to step back and… Read More»
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Abraham Maslow The phrasing of this quote is the most popular variation of the version that Maslow actually wrote in 1966. Two years earlier, Abraham Kaplan wrote about what he called The law of the instrument: “Give a small boy a hammer, and… Read More»
Ogden Nash – a poet who specialized in short, humorous poems – lived from 1902 to 1971. Mr. Nash died before desktop computers and smartphones became household items. Yet, he saw a lot of changes in his lifetime. He apparently felt that progress can be overwhelming! Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone… Read More»
Remember Learning to Drive? Like most of us, I learned to drive in my late teens. I took driver’s education and also learned from my Dad. It was an intimidating process (for both me and my Dad!). While it empowered me to go where I wanted to go, I also had to learn about… Read More»
We learn best when we are children. Why? Because children don’t know that they are not supposed to wobble. They wobble as they are learning to walk. They wobble as they are learning to ride a bicycle. David Meier, who founded the Center for Accelerated Learning, says that “The LEARNING is in the Wobble!” Yet,… Read More»