Wednesday, May 23, 2012

More Cool Words.

Time to hit the dictionary:
Delirium
Romp
Sanguine
Intractable
Volupine

Friday, May 11, 2012

Act, Learn, Refine. Repeat.

In the book Now, Discover Your Strengths, authors Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton advocate building strengths, not correcting weaknesses.

In doing so, you'll make great progress, but you'll sometimes slip.

The process is simple:  act, learn, refine. Act, learn, refine.They call it the essence of strong living.

Carl Jung captured this spirit, "Fidelity to the law of your own being is...an act of high courage flung in the face of life."

The book is focused on work-related success, but the mantra applies to all of life.

So, here's to stumbling with grace.

http://www.amazon.com/Discover-Your-Strengths-Marcus-Buckingham/dp/0743201140/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336754514&sr=8-1

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Word Nerds.

You might be a word nerd if:

* You own a word-a-day calender
* You're on a first name basis with a librarian
* You buy books of poetry
* You own a Knidle or Nook
* You were a high school debator
* You correct your friends' grammar
* You once won a spelling bee