by Mark O'Brien | Jun 28, 2021
The title of this post is the first rule of communication. It’s also sometimes the hardest to remember, especially if you’re an inveterate practical joker. When my sons were growing up, I played innumerable jokes on them, concocted stories, said crazy...
by JoAnna Bennett | Jun 24, 2021
HINDSIGHT & TENACITY The Monday Morning Quarterback JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 24 June 2021 Have you ever read an article or watched a TV segment and proclaimed you would have done things differently from the way they were done in what you...
by JoAnna Bennett | Jun 17, 2021
FEELINGS & EMOTIONS Our Feelings JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 17 June 2021 A feeling is defined as an emotional state or reaction. An emotion is defined as a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one’s circumstances, mood, or...
by JoAnna Bennett | Jun 10, 2021
ROSES & THORNS One of Those Days JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 10 June 2021 Ever have one of those days? You know, the ones in which everything seems to go wrong. I had one recently. I woke up feeling a bit sick but still had to wake up and...
by JoAnna Bennett | Jun 3, 2021
PERSONALITY & SUCCESS Peaceful Success JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 3 June 2021 In 1997, Richard Carlson, Ph.D., published a book titled, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … and it’s all small stuff. As he explains in the introduction to the book,...
