The New York Times shared this interesting article on the change in human size and shape since the 1800s. It’s a fascinating look at what good nutrition and antibiotics can bring. (Click here to read the article.)
Check it out!
Brainstorming has become the code word for creative process. It’s a necessary tool for any company to improve it’s products, customer relations and literally every aspect of it’s business. (Accounting MAY be the exception however I have heard of companies whose accountants brainstorming created more integrity and better processes.)
It’s sounds fun doesn’t it. Frankly, it usually is an ineffective technique for most companies. BusinessWeek online shares the 8 rules of Brainstorming. These effective tools can help you improve your business and your life.
Many families use brainstorming sessions to resolve relational issues between siblings. This helps them tap into creative solutions that may have escaped them. Check it out!
This from my dear friend Betty Valle:
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole, which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water, at the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After 2 years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. “I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.”
The old woman smiled, “Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.”
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it’s the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You’ve just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.
Dear Barbara,
I am writing to follow up on my application for co-host of the View on June 30, 2006. I understand that there has been a grassroots ground swell of email support to you for my application. I have yet to convince my sisters to send their email support. But you know how sisters are?
I haven?t heard from you. Here are a few more reasons why I would make an excellent co-host for the view:
1. I have a huge number of fans and friends. I am sure you have received more than 15 emails so far.
2. My California upbringing affords me expert status in astrology, science, vitamins, and celebrity who?s who.
3. I know the difference between micro-dermabrasion, chemical peel, facial and various spa treatments including hot stone massage, shiatsu, and deep tissue
4. As a middle child, I am excellent at keeping a team together.
5. I know a lot about various world situations in the news or I know someone who knows someone who knows a lot about the specific person who knows a lot about a world situation. If you know what I mean.
6. I know absolutely nothing about fashion and can be made over and over and over again without getting offended.
7. Ok, this is a ?for real? talent. I can assimilate huge quantities of information and speak articulately about it so that people can actually understand what I am saying.
8. I prefer to think of myself as ?realistic? instead of ?cynical?.
9. I am not the ?Claudia Christian? who was in Babylon 5 and other ?movies?. She stole my last name when her birth name was taken in SAG. She didn?t even ask me! And my father gave me this name.
Thank you for your interest! I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Warmly,
Claudia H. Christian
Founder, The Open Grove
Fabulous Human Being
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My friends have always been really important to me. They have stood by in my stupid relationships, laughed at my jokes and provided great correction when I am completely off coarse. I frequently start sentances with, “my friend”. Friends are a huge part of my life. Yet there is very little written about the true power of friendship.
This article reviews an interesting book on friendships. Check it out!
Have you seen rolling with Bob? Bob Saget that is? It’s hillarious. This is the unedited edition. (Removed in move to Word Press)
Recently, we had some friends over for a bar-be-que. Now these are the “must be entertained” kind of friends. They are a jovial bunch that all know each other well. About a 1/2 hour into this party, our sprinkler guy showed up. Our sprinkler guy is one of those super busy guys and he happened to show up to fix our ever aging system….in the middle of our party.
I spent the next hour or so talking to the sprinkler guy and his helper as the party continued.
As I returned to the party, the voice inside my head was that of my oldest sister. “You are so rude,” she said inside my head. “You need to apologize to your guests.”
It turns out that this is normal. New research into siblings shows that siblings do much of our modeling and chastising. In stuides, reported here in Time Magazine, siblings are more important than parents when it comes to rule setting and general modeling. Of course, any middle child could have told you that!
Of course the article includes the ubiquitous “middle children are lost” lie. I have decided that this lie is perpetrated by middle children so that no one notices when we take over the world. (Again, Bill Gates is a middle child.)
It’s interesting none the less. Check it out and let me know what you think!
We just released our “Heat up your love life” Newsletter! It’s filled with practical tips to help you improve your love life. Check it out and let us know what you think!
A lot of people invest in trying to change their partner with limited success. Frequently the downfall of relationships is the inability to change your partner into the person you long for them to be.
Here’s a New York Times opinion piece which might help – What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage . It’s worth a try.
While I am in LA, the wheels of the Internet continue to function! I have heard from at least 10 people who wrote emails in support of my bid for the View. I am pretty sure that they will now stand up and listen…..
I’ll keep you posted!
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