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
Recently, when I put on a pair of pants I hadn’t worn in a while, I reached into the right pocket and found a dollar. It is always fun to find money in an article of clothing or somewhere else in the home that we forgot about. In fact, the personal finance expert Susie Orman […]
dollar, find, lost, money, pants
The tremendous relationship expert, John Gottman, has theories and data about why relationships are successful. One of the concepts he talks about is related to when one person in a couple is looking to get some attention, affection, or something else by beginning a conversation, and the reaction of the other partner could be “turning […]
gottman, john gottman, Listen, Listening, turning towards
There’s a joke about a woman walking her son along the beach when a big wave comes, crashes over them, and washes her son out to sea. She looks up at the sky and she prays and begs God to return her little boy, and as the next wave washes up, the son is deposited […]
gratefulness, hat, joke
