Yesterday, during a corporate seminar, I drew a black dot on a flip chart. I asked the group, “What did I just draw?” “A dot,” they said. “Anything else?” I asked. “A black dot.” Over the years, I’ve probably done that exercise 300 times. With any group of adults, I always get the same answer: […]
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It’s Almost Time To Give Up Your New Year’s Resolutions
A couple of weeks into the new year, here are two important statistics: It takes 21 days to form a habit. Most people give up their New Year’s resolutions on January 17th. If you’re planning to quit, you only have two more days left. If you can hang in there through next Monday, it might […]
Why We Had Rats In Our House
There was a rat in our house last summer. We didn’t see him, but the droppings under the sink and the half-eaten fruit on the kitchen counter told us he was there. Our best guess was that he had come in from under the stove, through holes made in the floor for gas lines to […]