Shaking Confidence

Where do we get confidence? And how do we get it back?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 25, 2013boxing, business, exercise, runningComment

Can Reality Television Make Writers Sexy?

Who wants to watch people write?

JournalLeslie FarnsworthNovember 23, 2013culture, literature, writingComment

Hoarding and Sentimentality

How do you decide what to keep?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 21, 2013happinessComment

The Cost of Misunderstanding

What recent crisis could communication and empathy have averted?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 19, 2013culture, relationshipsComment

World Cultures, Big and Small

Why do some cultures capture public imagination more than others do?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 17, 2013cultureComment

Planes and Productivity

I spend my time in the air writing.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 15, 2013business, goals, writingComment

The Liebster Award: Part Two

What blogs would you nominate for the Liebster Award?

JournalLeslie FarnsworthNovember 13, 2013goals, reading, relationships, writingComment

The Liebster Award: Part One

You could have knocked me over with a feather.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthNovember 11, 2013goals, reading, relationships, writingComment

Montaigne and Blogging

Montaigne’s essays, written in the 1500s, read as fresh and immediate.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 9, 2013books, literature, writingComment

Get a Letter, Send a Letter

You know you want a letter.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 7, 2013communication, relationships, writingComment

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