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 […]
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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
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 […]


