Since Christmas day, I’ve been re-reading Tamora Pierce’s young-adult fantasy series, Protector of the Small. The story, which takes place in a fantasy kingdom, describes the adventures of a young girl, Keladry, going through knight training, from page to squire to ordeal to knighthood to first quest, against the opposition of many people who [...]
2007 was a year of big changes.
I finished up a 30 year career in computer science, including 4 years in software engineering research for the United States Navy and 26 years at IBM.
Then I set out on my own as a coach, workgroup advisor, speaker, and writer.
It’s very strange to go from being one of [...]
A friend asked me what positive psychology can tell us about marriage. When I went digging around through my notes and books, one of the things I found was Carol Dweck’s chapter, Relationships: Mindsets in Love (or Not) in her book, Mindsets: The new psychology of success.
Dweck argues that people tend to have [...]
