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Arriving Late for a Time Management Class

When I’m setting up to teach a personal productivity class, there’s always somebody who arrives first. They’re usually proud of it.  They say, “I hate being late.  I’m always on time.” I figure they don’t need the class, for one of two reasons: They’ve got the time management thing licked, so there’s no reason for […]

Observations From Seat 8B

Everybody has a story. You have one.  I have one.  And we want someone to listen to our story.  So we try to tell it – but nobody’s listening.  They’re busy telling their own story. I’m sitting in seat 8B on a 2-hour flight from Portland to Ontario, California.   Sometimes on a plane, I read; […]

When Life Goes Badly

Trapped donkey

One day, a farmer’s old donkey fell into a well.  The donkey struggled for hours, but it was too deep.  There was no way out. The farmer thought and thought and thought, but couldn’t find a way to rescue the old donkey.  There was no solution. Since the donkey was old, and the well needed […]

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