Annual Enrichment Event March 2nd & 3rd 2012
Do you ever wish you could swap your spouse or child for a newer, more perfect model? While this is not possible, Dr Kevin Leman has some tips for improving your relationship with your spouse and children. Come join us on March 2nd, 2012 7:00-9:00pm as Kevin shares how to improve your relationship with your children. Join us on March 3rd 8:30-12noon as Kevin shares how to improve your relationship with your spouse. $25.00 per person for both events. $20.00 per person for one event. More information about where to purchase tickets...
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Can you relate to this? Kevin Leman is coming to the Farmington Civic Center to give practical advice to parents. March 2nd, 2012 7pm-9pm $20/ticktet Got Tantrums
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How many of you know someone who is a delight to be around? You know, someone who can brighten up any room just by entering it. As you think of these people there’s a strong chance they have some qualities in common. One such quality is optimism. I think I know what the word means, but just to make sure I looked it up in the Encarta dictionary. Here’s what I found. Optimism is “the tendency to believe, expect, or hope that things will turn out well.” It is also considered to be: “the attitude of somebody who feels positive or...
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I’m told we don’t have road rage here in San Juan County. What we apparently see more of is called road “joy.” That’s when you’re just having such a good time driving that you have little or no motivation to pay attention to what you’re doing. You’ve seen road joy in action. The blinker is on for miles after the turn or perhaps for miles in anticipation of the next one. Drivers who decide they want your lane and are more entitled to it than you are. You know what I mean. While I write this with my tongue firmly implanted in my...
read moreCHRISTMAS CHEER?
Wasn’t it Dickens who penned the famous line: “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times”? That’s about how I feel each year around this time as we approach the Christmas season. I do appreciate so much about this season and all that Christmas signifies. What I can do without, however, is the added stress and hectic pace that seems to come along with it. Why do I think so many of you agree with me? I vividly remember going to Walmart on Dec. 24, 2004. Does that date mean anything to you? Along with being Christmas Eve, it was...
read moreWILL IT WORK OUT
Life can be very stressful when you find yourself in a dispute with someone. The same can be said for times when you must negotiate with someone over a work assignment, a product or service or whatever. This is the final installment in a series I’ve been writing on Principled Negotiation. I’ve been citing the work of scholars and researchers at the Harvard Negotiation Project as detailed in the book Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury. If you missed any of the articles you can contact the folks at Tri-City Tribune to see if...
read morePrincipled negotiations:
For the past few weeks I’ve been detailing the four components of Principled Negotiation. I strongly recommend you get a copy of Getting to Yes. In the book, you will learn more information on this productive dispute resolution and negotiation strategy. For a quick review, these components, or steps, are Separate the People from the Problem; Focus on interests, not Positions; Work Together to Generate New Options for Mutual Benefit; and Insist on Using Objective Criteria. Principled Negotiation is designed to help parties resolve their...
read moreWin-Win Waltz
Do you ever dream of winning the lottery and of all the wonderful things you could do with the money? Trust me, you’re not alone. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you really shouldn’t make it part of your retirement plans as the odds are way against you. Do you ever dream about life when others will do exactly as you wish and when you’ll never have a disagreement because everyone will always agree with you? I believe the odds of that happening are even worse than winning the lottery. Face it, all of us have our set ideas on how...
read moreLearn to Speak the Language of Love
We hear a lot about wellness these days and the positive impact it can have on numerous facets of our lives. I visited a website recently that mentioned: social wellness, occupational wellness, spiritual wellness, physical wellness, and intellectual wellness. Other areas cited were: emotional wellness, environmental wellness, financial wellness, mental wellness, and lastly, medical wellness. I was a bit chagrined to not find a heading for “relationship wellness.” Since most of us are in, or desire to be in, a relationship with someone, it...
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