by Dwayne Phillips Once again, its not the event, its our reaction to the event. Here is an exercise in reading news headlines. Read the headlines (these are paraphrased from the Washington Post on one day): Virus tied to increased risk of neurological and psychiatric illness The pandemic has caused parents to slow down Expanding […]
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Our Reaction to…
May 20th, 2021 · No Comments
Tags: Adults · Alternatives · Choose · Management · Reaction · Reframe
Anonymity in the Masked Society
April 19th, 2021 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips All this mask wearing allows me to not recognize and not talk to people when I’d rather just keep doing things I’d rather just keep doing. The year of the virus has brought us many changes. Let’s consider one that I discovered recently and like (on those occasions when I like it). […]
Tags: Alternatives · Appearances · Conversation · Reaction · Virus
Responsible Reactions
November 26th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We are responsible in that we are able to choose our response. This isn’t a new thought, but one that bears repeating. Around the first century in the world or Rome and Greece lived a man named Epictetus. He is the first persons recorded to have written the thoughts in this blog […]
Tags: Adults · Choose · Reaction
I’m Glad 2020 is Over
November 16th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The year 2020 got you down? Declare it over. Person A: I’m glad 2020 is over! Person B: Huh, we have another 6 or 8 weeks of 2020 to go. Person A: No, 2020 is over, gone. We’re in 2021 now. Person B: Huh, we, uh, what? Person A: 2020 is gone. […]
Tags: Calendar · Choose · History · Ideas · Myth · Reaction
I Want to Talking to You about Something
May 11th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes, I want to talk with another person about something. Is that what I really want? I have heard a concern expressed in many ways, including: We haven’t talked about this We need to talk about this sometime I want to talk about this I want to tell you something These are […]
Tags: Communication · Conversation · Reaction · Talk · Uncategorized · Wishes
Happening and Reasoning
November 25th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Everything happens for a reason (or two) or perhaps things happen and we create reasons to explain them. Funny how we often work backwards. Something happens and we proclaim, “I knew it would happen. We had this and that and they are reasons for what happened.” Few say these reasons before the […]
Tags: Estimation · Excuses · Failure · Reaction · Review
Please Don’t Answer My Question
August 7th, 2017 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Why is it that people ask questions when they don’t want to hear the answers? Let’s go in reverse order here. Result: Dead silence. My Answer: I want to work with good, smart people on difficult problems whose solution enhances national security. Recruiter’s Question: What is it you like to do? What […]
Tags: Adults · Communication · Questions · Reaction
Short and Bitter
August 4th, 2016 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes the news has a sharp, pungent taste or smell. Short and sweet is a fond, old cliche. Gosh, wouldn’t real life be better if most news were short and sweet? Sometimes that is not life; sometimes the news in life is short and bitter. So, let’s attempt to learn something from […]
There ARE Stupid Questions
May 23rd, 2016 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Forget the old cliche about stupid questions. There ARE stupid questions, and hiring managers have asked me a bunch of them. I’ve been interviewed for jobs a dozen times There are stupid questions, and hiring managers ask them all the time. First, don’t ask the person to solve your problems. This is […]
Tags: Adapting · Adults · Questions · Reaction · Work
Preparation
March 28th, 2016 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Probably the best preparation is to be prepared to be unprepared. I prepare. I plan. I am ready. I drive some people nuts with these habits. Somewhere along the line I learned that I was never prepared for everything. Hence, I became prepared for that, too. I learned to be prepared to […]