What Do You Practice?

Where we choose to spend our time and how we choose to cultivate our interests make all the difference to our successes (or lack of successes).

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 22, 2013goals, writingComment

Hosting Houseguests

How should you be a good host?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 20, 2013manners, relationships Comments

How We Prefer to Experience the World

How do you prefer to get your information and experience the world?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 18, 2013goals, leadershipComment

On Others Getting There First

If others in my group have made it, I’ve got to be somewhere close behind, right?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 16, 2013books, goals, writingComment

Valuing What Costs

Don’t work for free. If you do, people are unlikely to value it much at all.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 14, 2013business, salesComment

My Travel Routine

Over time, I’ve developed a pretty set air-travel routine.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 12, 2013books, reading, travelComment

The Importance of Talking to Strangers

You never know how you’ll meet someone who will influence your life.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 10, 2013relationshipsComment

So You Made a Mistake at Work: What to Do

Years ago, an employee came into my office, pale, and said she expected me to fire her.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 8, 2013business, employees, leadership, managementComment

Things I Love: October 2013

Ready or not for my list of stuff that makes me happy this month, here we go.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthOctober 6, 2013fashion, reading, relationships, writingComment

Fiction and Knowing Your Audience

The first rule of any type of communication: Know your audience.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 4, 2013books, fiction, literature, reading, writingComment

Rejecting Collaborations—While Preserving Connections

A person receiving a “no” smarts a little—and, potentially, for a while.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 2, 2013business, leadership, relationshipsComment

Why Some People Love to Complain

I did a little research. First, why do people complain at all?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthSeptember 30, 2013culture, happiness, relationships Comments

What Makes a Friend

I don’t use the word “friend” casually.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthSeptember 28, 2013relationshipsComment

No More "Sorry"

Women, stop saying you’re sorry.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthSeptember 26, 2013business, culture, feminismComment

Don't Gape—Do Something

Work to cure ills. Soothe hurts. Further creativity. Seed beauty.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthSeptember 24, 2013cultureComment

Favorite Pastimes

What does it say about our society that so few of us have go-to fun?

JournalLeslie FarnsworthSeptember 22, 2013happinessComment

Road Trips: The Memories

Many of my most vivid traveling memories stem from road trips.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthSeptember 20, 2013happiness, travel, vacationComment

The Problem with Women's Magazines

Even when seeking brainless reading, I can only take so much superficial advice.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthSeptember 18, 2013culture, feminism, reading, womenComment