As a heretofore regular word in the English language, ‘trump’ has some familiar, longstanding applications. While it can be both a verb and a noun, recent connotations seem to be putting it more frequently into the pro-active role as a verb.
Given the electoral earthquake in the U.S., it’s interesting to note how many of these meanings are open to being flavoured, or perhaps coloured, in the reflection of the (capitalized) eponymous President elect. Read the rest of this entry »
According to a brief article in the current issue of Psychology Today, there are about one billion dogs in the world, but only about 15% are domesticated. (Many of the 85% in the wild don’t make it to their first birthday, due to being abandoned as pups.)
It would seem that a key point to a dog’s survival is “Tricking a person into taking care of it”. Read the rest of this entry »
Often one of the most challenging exercises in dealing with presentations from others is providing feedback, AKA a ‘positive critique’.
How to word comments so that, on the one hand, one is not too critical of what’s been stated, and, on the other hand, not ‘whitewashing’ one’s response so as not to risk offending, is a tricky balancing act. The ultimate goal ideally is to focus on the message, not the messenger, with language which encourages the effort but suggests points that could make it more effective. Read the rest of this entry »
No one is safe when the laws of survival collide with the abandon of Halloween…
When I was in the financial services industry, one of the client servicing issues I dealt with, on the insurance side, concerned what have been termed ‘orphan clients’.
Such clients came about from departed representatives, tending to fall into a category of not high priority allocation, or at least not priority follow-up. They might be awaiting a trigger for administrative staff to arrange a replacement agent. (These times were on the cusp of tighter compliance expectations.) Read the rest of this entry »
The fourth and final part of a series of mini-articles under the umbrella of ‘Life Lessons’ in October’s Psychology Today focuses on the idea of being open to life experiences.
Therefore, let us benefit (even if vicariously) from the comments of the contributing authors: Read the rest of this entry »
Part Three of a series of mini-articles under the umbrella of ‘Life Lessons’ in October’s Psychology Today focuses on the issue of time.
Therefore, it’s worth considering some ‘timely’ comments of the contributing authors with their insights on this immutable topic: Read the rest of this entry »
the watch of time 
Ode to Leonard Cohen
When I was a student at McGill in Montreal in the early 1970s, alumnus Leonard Cohen had already begun his journey as a balladeer and writer. He was known to pop by the university periodically, and I did see him once talking with someone on Sherbrooke St. at a corner of the campus.
For any of us from the Montreal area, he was in the forefront of exploring themes relating to love, death, freedom, and contemplation. Read the rest of this entry »
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