When I graduated from college the first time with an Associates degree there was no such thing as a Department of Continuing Education. I had an awareness of and affinity for lifelong learning as I reached for my diploma on that sunny June day; but my first matriculation was so long ago that academia hadn’t… Continue Reading
Editing Life
by Sidney S. Stark January marks the beginning of a new calendar year with parallel fresh initiatives. NO, I didn’t say resolutions. Happily, I’ve learned not to rule my life with ‘shoulds’ anymore. But starting something new is often energizing, and the beginning of my new writers’ workgroup is living up to that promise. It’s… Continue Reading
Confidence
What is it? Is it essential to success and happiness or merely a useful tool? How much is too much or not enough? Who decides? Can it be acquired through learning or must it come naturally and without effort to be of value. That word ‘confidence’ has cropped up in too many conversations I’ve had… Continue Reading
Listening to Silence
Last week two of my writer friends zeroed in on the same piece in the New York Times at the same moment from different vantage points. They both referred it to me, although once I’d read it I decided it may have been for different reasons. It was titled ‘The Art of Listening’ and if… Continue Reading
From Generation to Generation
by Sidney S. Stark Thanksgiving is often the favorite holiday of choice to celebrate. I’ve heard people say that’s because it has no religious or specifically personal connotations for them; ‘though if that’s so I’m not sure who they think is responsible for the bounty being appreciated. But I see the point of having a… Continue Reading
Ask of Someone
By Sidney S. Stark “I don’t understand what the problem is.” The manager shakes his head and looks around the conference table with an implicit call for help in his shrugged shoulders. “I’d never ask someone to do anything I wouldn’t ask of myself.” He shrugs again as if a solution to the problem would… Continue Reading