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November, 2011
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from Larry Barkan: Im Right, Youre Wrong, Case Closed
Sent Tuesday, November 29, 2011
# Of Words: 578
Reading Time: 4 Minutes
My wife and I were arguing about who works harder and is busier.
What began as a disagreement about who should walk the dog became a
general "discussion" of who did more.
I had just finished writing an article about bullying and I
suddenly realized that I was bullying my wife. I didn't think of
myself as a bully. I was simply being "assertive." Then I realized
how right I had to be in the argument and how similar
I was to the bullies I […]
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from Larry Barkan: Nothing Changes Until We Do
Sent Tuesday, November 22, 2011
# Of Words: 695
Reading Time: 4 Minutes
The fly in your eye is keeping you from seeing the fly in your eye
from Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Think of a change you want to make in your life. Now consider five
action steps to make that change.
See. I knew you didn't need any advice. Neither do most people.
For example, if you don't know how to lose weight, stop smoking, make more money
and/or have more intimate relationships, you certainly know where
to go to get the […]
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from Larry Barkan: Willful Blindness
Sent Tuesday, November 15, 2011
# Of Words: 571
Reading Time: 4 Minutes
I write and speak about conflict resolution and I'm sometimes asked
about handling bullying behavior. Bullying, of course, has been a
major topic of conversation for quite some time and the recent
crimes at Penn State represent a tragic example of the
willful blindness that allows bullying behavior to continue.
Consider the case of Steve Raucci (pronounced "Rossi").
Raucci was head of maintenance for the Schenectady, New York public […]
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from Larry Barkan: Persistence, Resiliency and Luck
Sent Tuesday, November 8, 2011
# Of Words: 588
Reading Time: 4 Minutes
Does life sometimes occur to you as though each day you're rolling
a rock up a hill? Then, each evening while you sleep, the rock
rolls back down so that, in the morning, you have to start all over
again.
If so, you probably sympathize with Sisyphus in Greek mythology who
as punishment from the Gods was forced for eternity to roll a rock
up a hill and watch it roll back down when he got to the top.
There's something heroic and awe […]
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from Larry Barkan: Innocent Until Proven Guilty And Maybe Not Even Then
Sent Tuesday, November 1, 2011
# Of Words: 603
Reading Time: 4 Minutes
The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that it's difficult to
determine whether or not they are genuine.
Abraham Lincoln (provided to me by Michael Nees)
"Believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear"
"I heard it through the Grapevine"
I'm not sure where Michael Nees got that Lincoln quote. Perhaps I
should Google Lincoln on the Internet.
The key to resolving conflict is to give up being right and making […]