Tag: class
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Second Place, Faulty Brakes and Stubborn Suits
Over the past few weeks many of us have found ourselves hooked on the Olympics. It’s hard not to be since we hear about them everywhere. While I find myself listening to my fair share of the media’s ongoing, often melodramatic reporting…I also find the best stories tend to be a bit buried. They’re the…
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How to Kill a Conversation
Conversations drive our lives. They mean everything. Yet we all face the temptation to do something every day – sometimes several times each day – to mess them up. I dare you to tell me the following hasn’t happened to you. You’re in the midst of a conversation and someone else is speaking and – BAM!…
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How to Deal With People Who Irritate You
There’s a guy at my gym who gets on my nerves. We’ll call him Keith. Keith isn’t a bad guy. He hasn’t hurt me or wronged me in any way. For reasons I’ll get to in a second, I just don’t really like him all that much. And I see him every single day. Every…