by Norma Thatcher | Sep 6, 2019 | Humor, Thought provoking
An episode of the old sitcom All in the Family had Edith very nervous about her role as hostess of a Tupperware party. She fretted about the embarrassing role she had played in a Christmas pageant as a third-grader. As a manger cow, her one line was to have been, “Moo...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 21, 2019 | Interesting information, Thought provoking, Words
I received my weekly report card from Grammarly yesterday. If you don’t already know, Grammarly is (according to their own website) “an online grammar checking, spell checking, and plagiarism detection platform for the English language developed by Grammarly, Inc.”...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 18, 2019 | Inspirational, Interesting information, Leadership, Thought provoking
Legendary Stanford professor Tina Seelig posed the following assignment to teams of students in one of her classes: How profitably can a team run a (very) short-term business with $5 in seed money? The team could spend as much time as they wanted in the planning...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 23, 2019 | Interesting information, Thought provoking
Last Saturday’s post centered on multitasking being a myth. If you missed reading that post, there’s a link to it at the end of this article. I have since found two great quotes on multitasking; one is from last year and the other is a couple thousand years old. “99...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 20, 2019 | Interesting information, Public speaking, Thought provoking
The ability to multitask is usually portrayed as a badge of honor. On the job seekers website Indeed.com, there is actually a category titled Multitask Jobs. LoveToKnow.com, provides this description of a multitasker: “People who are able to multitask have the...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 16, 2019 | Interesting information, Thought provoking
I firmly believe God has a sense of humor. Because why else would he have created one in human beings? (Well, in most of us, anyhow.) So here’s one of my favorite religious-related jokes. In a quick search, I can’t find it online so no attribution is given. It was...
