We interrupt phone week for this commercial message from Word of the Week. And the word is self-talk! A while back, there was a popular book on the market called, What to Say When You Talk to Yourself. I never had that problem. I always knew what to say when I talk to myself. What I often had trouble with was what to say about WHY I talk to myself. Maybe I should write a bestselling book! Hmmm…. For me, it's a way to think things through, work things out in my head. Sometimes I work them out outside my head. Sometimes I talk to myself out loud to entertain myself as I figure things out. Sometimes I do it...
Today is Dr. Seuss' birthday. He would have been 108 years old today. We've been talking about Dr. Seuss, silly words, creative fun and humor all this week. This week, I'd like to share a new movie coming out--today as a matter of fact: The Lorax. Has anyone seen a preview of this movie? It looks cute, colorful and fun, but I don't happen to remember the story. My kids are a bit old for Dr. Seuss. Would love you to share your thoughts. Sometimes the movies made from Dr. Seuss stories have a little twist to them I wasn't expecting. There was some controversy about Horton Hears a Who, which had a kangaroo who was "Pouch Schooled" which seemed to suggest the...
Wednesdays are usually the times when I share an obscure word or a deeper meaning of a commonly used word. Since we've been celebrating Dr. Seuss this week, I thought I'd ask you all to share your own favorite made up words/terms this Word of the Week. Dr. Seuss made up silly, nonsense words and terms for his books. It's what made his books so much fun. Some made up words eventually find their way into the dictionary. Many of the words we commonly use today were made up by a man named William Shakespeare. My family has made up words and terms. My daughter and son made up the word "nork," a combination of the word nerd and dork which they affectionately use...
Washington's birthday got me thinking about another president born in February.
President Lincoln is known for his honesty and Honest Abe would never tell a lie. Here, in this Geico commercial, he is faced with telling his wife the truth when she asks him a question wives have been asking for decades.
So what do you do when you cannot tell a lie?
Watch!
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This week's word is Leadership. I love this quote from General George Washington to his commanders: “A leader must look and act the part if he is going to have the success needed for a proper command.” George Washington was a great leader, so much so that he was a general and our only president to be elected unanimously. He understood that in order to be an effective leader, you need to look and act the part. In other words, a leader must communicate that he is worth following. A leader is expected to inspire to command his troops or a nation. This cannot be accomplished without the Language of Leadership. It's more than weilding power or even using the...
