Expert Author: Gary Crow | Category: Parenting "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." -- Frederick Douglas -- Whether this is true or not is certainly less than obvious. The lack of clarity starts with the meaning of "strong children" and "broken men." This article explores these questions and how you can assure that your children are "strong."
"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." = "Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow." - Horace -- Along with "Carpe diem," Horace said, "He has the deed half done who has made a beginning." Indira Gandhi also thought that getting on with getting on is the way to go, "Have a bias toward action...." If you are ready to Seize the day, this article is just what you need to consider.
Have you ever been driven up the wall by a mainliner? 'What's a mainliner?' you ask. Read on. You likely are already familiar with the type. This article is just what you need to mainliner-proof your company.
The toothpaste won't go back into the tube. I learned this important fact when I was about 6. I don't remember how I managed to get the toothpaste out of the tube and all over me, the bathroom, and my new shirt. But I sure do remember that there was no way to get it back into the tube before my mother asked the question all mothers ask. 'What in the world do you think you are doing?' …
"When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him." -- Charles Horton Cooley -- There are three concepts here that represent an unusual juxtaposition: "conflict," "the game," and "virtue." This article discusses virtue and how you can assure that you are actually behaving virtuously.
Expert Author: Gary Crow | Category: Movies TV "Public virtue is a kind of ghost town into which anyone can move and declare himself sheriff." -- Saul Bellow. This is no more true than when the would be sheriffs draw down with their verbal six-shooters on television. This article provides a new perspective on the shootout.
As you think about what you ought to do for other people, passing your character along to your children is both a responsibility and an opportunity. Children don't come into the world with their character pre-packaged. Rather, it develops and evolves through their early years. Character is learned and thus, is taught. This article shows you how you are key to their learning process.
Theodore Roosevelt said, "The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it." This article gives you a strategy you can use to rate your boss and shows you how to evaluate your rating.
Expert Author: Gary Crow | Category: Success How should you approach success? What is the best strategy for blending did and can? Arthur Schopenhauer pointed out, "a man can do as he will, but not will as he will." The message is that you can't simply "will" things to happen. You have a wide range of options for doing but no magical powers. This article helps you understand and exploit the options you actually have.
You are about to learn the secret recipe for the tie that binds. The ingredients and how to lovingly combine them have been protected and tenderly passed down, hand-to-hand, through the generations. This article holds the key to a long and satisfying relationship with your beloved.
"Children are our most important resource." This is usually simply asserted as a given, with no further justification or explanation. You have likely heard it so many times that it has become little more than a cliché. It sounds right so everyone just takes it for granted that it's right; but are children actually "our most important resource?" More to the point, are they a resource at all? This article explores this important question.
There are many theories that attempt to account for leadership excellence. If one expands beyond excellence to leadership more generally, a close examination of the various theoretical constructs discloses that they are consistently developed either from the perspective of the leader or from that of those who follow. This article offers an alternative perspective for your consideration.
Dave Barry said, "I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me." This self-disclosure prompted Curious George to check around to see just how closely the quotation aligned with reality. This article brings you the inside story.
Expert Author: Gary Crow | Category: Success Business as usual in the world of personal success goes beyond better communication, avoiding things getting screwed up, and the need to take responsibility for outcomes. This article shows you the way to personal success combined with personal excellence.
Expert Author: Gary Crow | Category: Success It probably comes as no surprise that merely trusting others is not the end of it. The question is not just, "Who do you trust?" It isn't, "Who trusts you?" either, since even world class scoundrels likely are trusted sometimes by someone. The question is, "Is there any good reason why anyone should trust you?" This article explores this and other principles of personal success.
Benjamin Franklin said, "I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth...;" and Carl Sagan said, "If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." You may reasonably ask what Gossiping and Apple Pie have to do with each other. Whether this article answers that pressing question is your call. However, it does raise some interesting points, even if the connection is less than obvious.
Expert Author: Gary Crow | Category: Business Have you ever had it stuck to you by one of those hit and run types whose motto is "Business is Business?" Their trick is to never try to do business tomorrow where they setup shop yesterday. It is a strategy best suited to those whose bottom line is merely the bottom line. If instead, your bottom line depends on long term relationships with your friends and family, customers and co workers, this article is for you.
Expert Author: Gary Crow | Category: Success I'm sitting here watching our puppy bark at his reflection in the window in the door to the back yard. His goal is to get outside but he has a problem. There is a guard dog on the other side of the window, staying right with him, bark for bark, preventing his exit. He first runs up to the other dog, tries to get past him, then backs away to analyze and evaluate. This article has the rest of the story.
Expert Author: Gary Crow | Category: Business Sometimes you need to take a chance but it's recommended only when it's "indicated." Therein lies the rub. How do you tell when it's indicated? Some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you; but you may want to double check to be sure the attack is imminent before you pursue hand to paw combat with the bear. This article tells you how to decide and then shows you the hidden reality behind success and failure.
What is a bully? When does the typical behavior of children (younger and older) stop being normal and expected and transcend to bullying? Those seem like fairly easy questions and they used to have fairly easy answers. We used to know which children were bullies and were reasonably clear about when normal behavior crossed the line into bullying, but no more. This article examines the underlying issues in today's society.
