“If you nag people enough, work is the course of least resistance.” (Stephen Covey) Does nagging work? Yes – it gets results. Should we do it? No – it builds resentment. It doesn’t matter who it is – your kids, your spouse, your employees – nagging gets people to do things (eventually), but it makes […]
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One Final Question To Ask Over Dinner (Part 3)
Several weeks ago, we talked about how any relationship can hit a dry spell, where the conversation lags a bit. So we suggested 10 questions to ask over dinner to stir things up. They were basic and fun – nothing too deep. It was just a way to get people talking around a dinner table. […]
Questions To Ask Over Dinner (Part 2)
Well, it’s been an interesting couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, I posted ten questions to ask during dinner. We talked about how we sometimes just run out of things to discuss, and need a little catalyst. So the first ten questions were designed to get things started again. We haven’t finished them yet, but […]