The world is divided into bottom-line people who are always asking ‘What’s the point?’ and flowery people who want you to paint a picture for them. Point versus paint. As communicators we have our biases. If you are a bottom-line person, you love communicating your point. This feels both right and satisfying to you, but the problem is you risk …
Goldfish moments and how to avoid them?
Two young gold fish were swimming along and they met an older fish, who said “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” One of the young gold fish looks over at the other and said “What the hell is water?” This was a story shared by the late, great David Foster Wallace, a brilliant American writer. Wallace said the point of the fish story …
What gets you out of bed?
Just yesterday morning, the alarm went off and I hit the snooze button, I then had a goose bump moment thinking about what my friend Rachel had just said to me the day before. But before that goose bump moment my mind was racing with a 100 excuses on why staying in bed was a better option than going to …