Justine Sacco was preparing to board a flight from London to Cape Town in December 2013 when she posted an offensive joke about AIDS and race on […]
The woman sitting across the table had no idea that a decision had already been made about her. She had not been accused of anything. She had […]
With regard to thinking, someone once noted, “Many a man thinks over a wide field, but thinks too lightly. Others confine their thinking to certain narrow grooves. […]
The way a person looks at the world often betrays the state of their soul long before they ever utter a word. Think of the professional who […]
Most people spend a good part of their lives trying to reduce stress. They look forward to vacations, count down the days until a difficult project is […]
Conflict is an unavoidable part of human relationships because relationships bring together people who see the world through different experiences. Whenever two or more people spend significant […]
Most people go through their day assuming they see the world exactly as it is. They trust their instincts, believing that their decisions are based on a […]
Proper assertiveness is the mix of clarity and respect required to manage daily interactions and personal relationships. When people choose not to exercise this communication trait, they […]
A woman sits in her car outside her workplace gripping the steering wheel harder than she realizes. Ten minutes earlier, during a meeting, she lost her train […]
In her memoir, The Glass Castle, journalist Jeannette Walls describes being a child who learned early that the adults around her could not reliably function as adults. […]