Shocker: Long-work Writing Takes More Prep, Not Less

Writing fiction requires more preparation than other writing—not less. As I learned the hard way.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 29, 2014books, fiction, writingComment

Life’s Color Hides beyond Your Assumptions

How you miss the beauty of nuance when you make assumptions.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 27, 2014culture, relationshipsComment

Why Going Negative Rarely Goes Well

Why you only hurt yourself when you go negative on someone else.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 25, 2014business, culture, marketingComment

Topics I Won’t Cover (on this Blog, Anyway)

I avoid certain topics for this blog. Here's what—and why.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 23, 2014culture, manners, relationshipsComment

When Thank You Notes Seem Inappropriate

Sometimes sending a thank you note feels like the wrong thing to do.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 21, 2014culture, manners, relationshipsComment

Spending Time with the Right People

On remembering to remove the toxic people from your life.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 19, 2014goals, relationshipsComment

Why You Won’t Find the New Hire You Seek

Why employers should stop seeking the perfect fits for their job postings.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 17, 2014business, employees, hiringComment

Creating Dysfunctional Men

Women, by not speaking their minds, have made men dysfunctional.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 16, 2014cultureComment

What Living Abroad Taught Me about Americans

How the American mindset differs from how other countries think.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 13, 2014business, culture, goals, travelComment

What Politicians Forgot about the 2008 Election

Politicians forgot the one simple thing that made Obama's 2008 campaign so successful.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 11, 2014cultureComment

Things I Love: March 2014

Things I love in March 2014: Matcha, Skype, and my Levenger lap desk.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 9, 2014blogging, business, relationships, writingComment

Going Solo

Sometimes, events and activities are just more fun when you're alone.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 7, 2014introversion, introvert, relationshipsComment

Consolatory Words… Or Not

Why you should never say that "it'll all be all right in the end."

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 5, 2014culture, relationshipsComment

Great Minds Don't Think Alike

On how great minds had better not think alike.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 3, 2014cultureComment

The 100 in 100

Writing 100 words in 100 days is the trick to fiction writing progress for us busy folk.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMarch 1, 2014goals, writingComment

When You’d Better Write a Note

Sometimes, only a handwritten card will suffice. Here's when you need to write a personal, handwritten note.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 27, 2014culture, manners, relationshipsComment

The Review: Accountability and Objectives

The accountability and objectives meeting: How and why to set A&O sessions with your team members.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 25, 2014business, employees, goalsComment

American Men Have No Game

As an American who has dated primarily American men, I can speak to this: American men have no game.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 23, 2014culture, dating