Archive for the ‘Friends, family and me’ Category

Fear versus Insecurity?

In a recent conversation with a friend, I said something out loud that struck in a chord in me and I felt as if I had uncovered a small piece of what makes me the person I am.
I said – fear and insecurity are two distinctly different emotions and while one can feed the other, [...]

If you tell, expect to talk.

It will not take you long to figure out that there is some deeper issue feeding this rant, so I might as well put it out there now. I have a very complex and stressful family situation at the moment, and it’s what made me realize just how many times I’ve told – but didn’t [...]

Five somewhat warped inspirational thoughts.

Many people in my Twitter stream quote inspirational thoughts.  Although the five I’ve gathered over the past week aren’t the same caliber as those quoted by John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King, they are inspirational just the same (in a warped kind of way), so I thought I’d share them with you.
Give [...]

Six finger silent treatment for marketers

During the pilot of “Cougar Town” (Judge me. It’s OK. I think it’s a funny show!) Courtney Cox gets angry at one of her co-stars and holds up six fingers. Five on one hand and just the thumb on her other. Her co-star quickly retorts, “Oh, what? So now we’re not talking for six minutes?” [...]

You have to A – S – K to G – E – T

A very good friend of mine said to me one day, “You have to A – S – K to G – E – T.” She was saying it in reference to a phone conversation she was having with the front desk of a hotel we were checking into later that afternoon. She was asking [...]