Travel Buddies Beware

I’m not the ideal travel companion for just anyone. Or even, likely, for most people.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthApril 3, 2013relationships, travel Comments

Practical Jokes

Am I missing a critical perspective that would make practical jokes a joy?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 2, 2013happiness, relationships Comments

The Lost Book

I don’t know where else to look. But a glimmer of hope remains.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 31, 2013books, literature, writing Comments

Flowers in the Office

Men perpetuate the notion that women love to get flowers delivered to their workplaces.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 29, 2013business, dating, leadership, management, relationships Comments

Intellectual Conversations

What happened to deep conversation?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 26, 2013communication, relationships Comments

Picking Seasons

A friend asked where I’d like to spend each season of a given year, if I could go anywhere.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 24, 2013happiness, travel Comments

Vacation Policies

Here’s the thing: Few valid excuses exist for passing on a permitted escape from the office.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 22, 2013business, happiness, health, management, vacation Comments

Employing Only a Handful

What’s it like from the employer’s perspective to have a smaller number of staff members?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 20, 2013business, employees, hiring, management, relationships Comments

How I Got over Being Shy

Have you overcome shyness? If so, what did you do?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 19, 2013business, goals, health, introversion, introvert, relationships, shyness Comments

Why Facebook Makes You Look Unstable

Another reason I feel Facebook-wary: It makes people appear highly emotionally unstable.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 16, 2013relationships, social media Comments

Women against Women

Women particularly target their aggression at other women.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 14, 2013feminism, relationships, women Comments

Yahoo! and Working from Home

Still people ask my opinion as a woman and as a CEO about the Yahoo! policy against working from home.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 13, 2013business, employees, feminism, hiring, management, women Comments

Triggers

Triggers generate unconscious reactions—even unwelcome ones.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 10, 2013 Comments

Past, Present, Future

We’ve all met the guy who still lives the glory days of high school.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 8, 2013happiness, health Comments

Reviews: Books on Introverts

For introverts, Cain and Laney's books will prove highly reassuring and validating. They're must-reads.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 6, 2013business, health, introversion, introvert, relationships Comments

Am I a Feminist?

What happened to the word “feminist?”

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 4, 2013feminism, relationships, women Comments

Team Sports

The character-building of team sports, the thinking goes, translates into current and future family and academic and career roles.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 3, 2013childhood, exercise, fitness, health Comments

Sunny Attitudes in Dark Times

People need sunny when everything else seems dark.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 28, 2013advertising, business, management, marketing, relationships Comments