Due to a quirk and how the roads are laid out in an area not far from me, you can be at the intersection of Old Gulph Road and Old Gulph Road, it’s not that literally there are two streets that are named the exact same thing, it has to do with how one continues […]
gulph road, road, roads
I came across a quotation recently that really hit home, from the humorist and broadcaster Andy Rooney, who used to have a regular segment on “60 Minutes.” He said, “If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.” The reason why it hit home is I’m reminded of so many personal […]
andy rooney, smile, smile to yourself, smiling
The other morning I was coming back from a business event and I was wearing a suit and tie. I stopped at a supermarket and as I was walking through the bakery department a customer stopped me and said,” Are you from corporate?” and I said,” No, I’m a Psychologist.” And she said,” Let me […]
bakery, bread, bread department, first impression, supermarket
I’ve been using a popular navigation app on my phone for years to get from point A to point B, and it’s super useful, particularly in a place where I might not be familiar or if I’m traveling somewhere pretty far away from home. I have noticed though there are times where the route that […]
find, finding, finding your own way, map, own way, travel
When you buy bagels at a store where they pre-sliced them, they’re often cut through the center of the bagel, and a lot of people cut them that way at home as well. That means if somebody takes the top half, which often has toppings on it, like sesame seeds or poppy seeds, what’s left […]
bagel, cutting, father, slice
One of the more interesting concepts in psychology is called the “help-rejecting complainer.” That is somebody who brings problems to you and tells you they want your advice. As soon as you offer any, though, they either negate it, tell you why it won’t work, or tell you they already did that. That kind of […]
advice, help, reject, rejecting, time
When I was growing up, we had a fireplace in the living room and on the mantle of the fireplace was an old-fashioned mantle clock. I don’t know where it came from, how my parents got it, and it never worked. It was always at just about 10 o’clock as I recall, and they later […]
clock, latin, reminder, time, time flies
Like most people, my wardrobe probably follows the 80-20 rule, where I probably wear 20% of the things that I own, 80% of the time. I noticed a shirt in my closet that I hadn’t worn in months, and I decided to put it on. I went to a breakfast and lunch place that day […]
breakfast, feel good, great shirt, shirt, story
I dropped my car off at a car repair shop that is just a three or four minute drive from my office, but a 20 minute walk, and I always prefer the walk because I see so many cool and interesting things on my way back. And this is a route that I’ve driven many […]
observation, observe, walk
