To Prioritize Learning Or Teaching

While the dynamics for both appear similar, what we prioritize and emphasize will change the methods, process, and outcomes, deserving of distinct consideration.  When we want students and employees to learn, we place them in a room, at a table, books and material in...

Craving Chocolate

After that first bite, inevitably there is another, and another. It’s no wonder they now make king size. We just cannot get enough. It takes willpower to control ourselves to stop. Growth has the same effect. As people or organizations, growth always feels good....

Can You Be Sure?

Your friend’s spouse is no longer at home.  A work colleague has put on weight.  The customer is agitated and curt. Our immediate reaction is to judge and opine, and in most instances, it is typically a negative one. They are separated. He is lazy and eats...

Questions Are The Best Form Of Guidance

When is an answer not the right answer? Common thinking suggests that when someone seeks our advice or guidance we should be thoughtful and provide them with the answers to their questions. This is an appropriate response when the person asking the question requires...

The Art of Listening

In conversations, listening constitutes at least 60% of the interaction. We can hear almost twice as many words than we can speak in any given timeframe. We have two ears and one mouth.  Go figure! Yet we recognize individuals for the speeches they give and for...