by Norma Thatcher | May 5, 2018 | Humor, Thought provoking
Before Al Gore invented the internet, people took quizzes found in magazines. (Just kidding—Mr. Gore never really claimed that he invented it; his words were taken out of context.)The magazine quizzes seemed fun and since you responded to them in the privacy of your...
by Norma Thatcher | May 1, 2018 | Healthy Living, Humor
One of the keepsakes I inherited from my grandmother is a 40 page pamphlet entitled 80 Famous Prescriptions. The price, as imprinted on the front cover, was $5 in the late 1800s. Translated to today’s dollars, that would be approximately $141. So this $5 purchase in...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 28, 2018 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Love, Thought provoking
I like to think that I have saved some marriages while teaching my public speaking classes. Well, not through my own words of wisdom, per se, but by the sharing of the wondrous works of Dr. Paul Ekman which in turn led me to those of Dr. John Gottman. Not familiar...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 24, 2018 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Leadership, Thought provoking
Change is good for us. But that doesn’t mean we love it or even like it. Some of us can barely tolerate it. I once worked for a company that drove me crazy by the corporate office’s on-going, seemingly never-ending changes. We’d barely get used to a new corporate...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 21, 2018 | Inspirational, Leadership, Thought provoking
I just finished a book titled Finish. It’s coded “new” at my local library which means I can’t renew it. I had been on a wait list for seven weeks just to get the book. So considering all that, I would have felt pretty lame if I hadn’t read it all before it was due...
