It’s About Time

It’s About Time

I wonder if all of us think more about time as we grow older. I’m sure we’re aware of its passing. I want to know if we share a preoccupation with what we’re doing with our time. We have such a perverse relationship with it. When we’re young, there seems to be too...
Face the Pain

Face the Pain

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. (Jim Rohn) In 2013, I had four surgeries, none serious, all requiring sedentary recovery time. The results of the subsequent inactivity were weight gain and a loss of...
Opposites Attract

Opposites Attract

According to this article in Inc., “9 Things You Should Never Ask Employees To Do”, two things are absolute no-nos: Ask employees to evaluate themselves. Ask employees to evaluate their peers. When you’re as bureaucracy-averse as I am, advice like...
My Litigious Horoscope

My Litigious Horoscope

COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lankan police arrested an astrologer after he predicted a planetary change this month will be inauspicious for parliament and the government may not be able to arrest rising living costs – a prediction already made by private economists … Sri...
Beautiful Dreamer

Beautiful Dreamer

A friend, who knows I’m a registered Glutton for Punishment, recently dredged up two articles from two years ago (hoard much?) and sent them to me with the spartan query: “Dude, did you ever see these?” Both bore relevance to the insurance industry....