Archive for July 2007

What is your RQ?

Jul 27th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Accountability

In my travels around the Blogosphere today, I found this post about your Responsibility Quotient. I got a warm fuzzy while reading it, as I always do when I find a kindred spirit out there.
You know you don’t have to look very far to find someone who is whining and crying about their miserable life, [...]



Become a Genius in 8 Easy Steps

Jul 23rd, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Accountability

The following eight strategies encourage you to think productively, rather than reproductively (sbh: did you get that? think for yourself vs. think what the crowd is thinking) to arrive at solutions to problems.
1. Look at problems in many different ways. (sbh: think word scramble puzzles. or scrabble. how many different ways can you put the [...]



There Are No Hopeless Situations

Jul 12th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Accountability

“There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them.”
-Clare Boothe
1903-1987, Author
This is right in line with my belief that we always have a choice, if only in how we respond to the events in our lives.
What do you think?
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Self-Care as Regular Vehicle Maintenance

Jul 10th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Accountability

The older I get the more “ok” it is with me to stop and take care of what I need, even in the face of conflicting obligations elsewhere.
Here’s my favorite analogy for self-care:
You are a minivan. Your job is to run here, run there, run everyone everywhere. Everyone depends on you to get them where [...]



Principles vs. Personalities

Jul 5th, 2007 | By Suzanne | Category: Detachment

I’m sure we’ve all, at one time or another, wondered how just one person could make an impact, make a difference. My son (and I) were both blessed with an opportunity to do exactly that a few days ago.
Because of the sensitive nature of the situation, I won’t go into much detail, but will concentrate [...]