The People Puzzle

When your team last changed members, how did it affect the group and its work?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthDecember 3, 2013business, employees, leadership, managementComment

The Princess Phenomenon

The princess phenomenon feels like regression, a harking back to the days when society equated a woman’s value with her social status and the kind of marriage she made.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthDecember 1, 2013culture, feminism, relationshipsComment

Monsters in the Night

What worries you in the wee hours? And how do you cope?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 29, 2013business, happiness, healthComment

Thankful for Small Lies

In many cases, small lies make life easier, more fun, and kinder.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthNovember 27, 2013happiness, relationshipsComment

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