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November, 2011
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]