Why do we do it? What’s wrong with us? Someone says “THANK YOU,” and we look at them and say … “eh, it was nothing.” In a world where there seems to be very little appreciation, it’s a shame when someone expresses appreciation and we don’t even honor it. Rarely do we intend to be rude, that’s […]
How Do You Know If You Are Enough?
There’s a great story that has been told and retold many times about a little boy walking along the beach and there are starfish all over. The little boy, one by one puts the starfish back into the ocean, out of the sun. An older man is near the boy, I don’t recall if he was walking with […]
Does SCOPE CREEP Stop You From Helping Others, Too?
In the programming world when you begin with a certain program function in mind, like “create report in 3 columns,” but then you think of ADD-ONS, “oh we need to be able to re-sort the columns, and it should have totals” it is called SCOPE CREEP. The plan of the project “CREEPS LARGER” and often creates delays […]
Do You Let Them Love You, Or Do You Push Back?
Of course you want to be loved, but do you allow people to love you? That sounds weird, right? Why wouldn’t you let folks love you. Sometimes it’s harder than you realize, because sometimes people can’t love you the way that you need to be loved. Or perhaps you don’t feel like you DESERVE the gift […]