by Norma Thatcher | May 26, 2018 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
Have you ever cussed at an over-the-counter bottle of medicine because the “tamper-proof” packaging nearly made it “consumer proof”? Do you know who’s responsible for initially triggering the requirement for the packaging? If so, call the police immediately because...
by Norma Thatcher | May 23, 2018 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
Everything is timing. Those are the concluding words of Daniel Pink’s latest book WHEN – The scientific secrets of perfect timing. My Lifted Up blog readers know that sometimes I challenge the tribe to step outside our regular patterns of thinking and consider...
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 1, 2018 | Family, Healthy Living, Thought provoking
Until a life insurance newsletter asked me, “Do you have a digital estate plan?” I hadn’t given any thought to the concept. But everyone reading this has a computer, tablet, or smart phone (and perhaps all three), so guess what? We have digital records. A digital...
