by Norma Thatcher | Feb 17, 2018 | Leadership, Public speaking, Thought provoking
You’re listening to a speaker. It could be a teacher in a class you’re taking. Maybe it’s a co-worker training your team in a new process. It might be a pastor delivering a sermon. Perhaps you paid to attend a seminar where the speaker is an expert in a field where...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 10, 2018 | Healthy Living, Humor, Thought provoking, Words
It cracks me up when one study comes out with a “finding” and suddenly various news outlets begin touting the new “evidence” as scientific gospel. Case in point: In July 2015 a study from Tokyo was presented at the Association for the Scientific Study of...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 6, 2018 | Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
The group discussion was on a paradigm-shifting topic. While I enjoy being challenged to think outside the perimeter of my entrenched attitudes and thoughts, this particular idea was causing me some distress. When the facilitator asked the group for feedback, I said,...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 30, 2018 | Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Thought provoking
For eight years Australian Bronnie Ware worked for a company that supplied people to provide personal care of the terminally ill. Her job description as a palliative caregiver included items such as manage medications, assist with showering and toilet needs, ensure...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 23, 2018 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
With all the drive-through business available to us and the self-checkout lines we use, we may not consider customer service as much as we used to. But particularly bad or good customer service still stands out to me. A couple months ago I was shopping in the...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 20, 2018 | Thought provoking
Raise your hand if you like to be wrong. OK, I didn’t think I’d see many hands in the air. We like to be right. We believe that OUR way of thinking about a topic or OUR opinion of a person or some event is the correct one. Oh, sure, we might preface a statement with...
