Patience to me is like discipline. It’s easy when you don’t need it. For example, friends say to me that they admire how disciplined I am about exercising and eating healthy food. I don’t have to be discipled about ether of these. Exercise is part of my daily routine. I wake up, I exercise. Period….
Author: Steve Ainslie
Deep Dark Secrets
You might find it hard to believe but for most of my life I never told anyone anything. I never admitted to being afraid. I never cried. I didn’t tell anyone of my deepest hopes, dreams or fantasies. I hid my shame, my anxieties and my mistakes. I thought that if I kept everything inside…
Scrambled
When I was 7 we moved across the state to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was quite a shock leaving the tiny hometown I’d grown up for a big city. One of the strange things my mother did was buy a microwave and not purchase a stove. This was in the late 1970s. I suspect my mother…
The Power Of Paying No Attention
There’s only so many things I can get done in a day. When I managed a sales team for a fast paced startup I learned this lesson. Then I learned it better. Today, as I was walking Wiggles in the wee hours of the morning and freezing my butt off, I was thinking about why…
No Cheating
I don’t believe in cheating and never have. I’d like to say I developed this as part of my moral code of ethics, but I’m not certain that’s true. I think I was born this way. From as far back as I can recall (age 2.5), I had a profound sense of fairness. I didn’t…
Self Absorption
My brief foray into the online dating world continues to reveal lessons to me. Today’s lesson is on self absorption. When I first created my profile, I basically copied what was on the home page of this blog. It was a synopsis of who am I, where I came from and what I do. I…
Ending My Online Dating Experiment
Now that I’ve had several days of using the online dating apps Hinge and Bumble, I can report on my experience. Let’s start with a given, that both apps present me with many women whom I would never consider dating. There are filters that enable some vetting of characteristics and preferences but for the most part,…
Parlez-vous Français?
Rather than just talking (and writing) about it, I made the leap and started a duolingo course on learning to speak French. I’m using the free course (naturally). So far I’ve done 2 lessons which take about 10 minutes each. I’ve learned a few words and phrases: A Man A Woman A Boy A Girl…
Meyers Briggs, Enneagram, And Me
In a conversation last week, MGLN and I were chatting about Meyers Briggs personality tests when she asked if I had ever done Enneagram testing. I recognized the word, but wasn’t sure if I had ever done that type of test. I have taken Meyers Brigg, DISC and others for work before so I might…
Peeping Tom
I watch people all the time. I find it fascinating to observe their habits and behaviors. I don’t sit in my house staring out the window like a little old lady or peeping in windows like a pervert. Instead, I watch people when I am outside walking the dog. I watch them when I am…