Some of My Best Hires

Sometimes the best people to hire don't quite fit the job posting.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 5, 2013business, employees, hiringComment

Things I Love: November 2013

Products, services, and events that I love in November 2013.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthNovember 3, 2013business, exercise, fitness, travelComment

What Travel Can’t Show You

Travel cannot give you a true understanding of another place and culture.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 1, 2013culture, travelComment

The Advantages of Getting Older

What do you see as aging’s advantages?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 30, 2013culture, happinessComment

On Giving Up

The adage “never give up” has gaping flaws.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 28, 2013business, goals, leadership, relationshipsComment

You’ve Got a Type

Why do you think we have types?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 26, 2013culture, dating, relationshipsComment

The Bliss of Exhaustion

I like tiredness at the end of the day.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthOctober 24, 2013culture, happiness, healthComment

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