One of my favorite ways to get to know others in a non-traditional networking environment is to participate in discussion groups. They may be formed around a particular topic, among a group of neighbors, as a result of a program or project, based on a book or video, or for any of a number of […]
Traffic Cop
When thinking about the art of conversation, a friend of mine, Tahir Atwater, likened it to traffic. He said a conversation that is flowing, in which all parties involved, and everyone feels engaged and heard is “good traffic.” That is, while there are a lot of folks out on the road, everyone is going at […]
Subtraction
In mathematics, we’re taught to follow a particular “order of operations” when it comes to calculations – multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction – in that order. The mathematician works from left to right noting that anything found inside of parentheses or including exponents must be completed first. But, bottom line, subtraction, from a […]