Your Friday Trigger Question Its cold and miserable in many places where the Friday Trigger Question pops up in inboxes. When it’s cold and miserable, I think “porcupines.” No, not because I am from Africa. Because of German philosopher Schopenhauer. He once asked his readers to imagine porcupines huddling together for warmth. As they move…
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What thing left undone disrupted your day?
Your Friday Trigger Question Picture this. It’s cold. It snowed all night. You delayed getting dressed, still snug in your dressing gown or wrapped in whatever. Your hair everywhere, your face unwashed, your teeth unbrushed. Ping! “We need to Zoom right now!” Your boss. Or a major client. Maybe you are well into your day.…
Were you a skeptic this week?
Your Friday Trigger Question for 5 February 2021 Some people believe nothing they see or hear. Others fall for any nonsense on offer. And then there are the giddy few who swing wildly from one position to the other, depending on hysteria, media, or mood. Of course, we also have our opinionated experts, those who…
What did you see differently?
Your Friday Trigger Question for 29 January 2021 Note #1: Is this your first Friday Trigger Question? Here’s what it is. A weekly question to make you stop, think and act. How you do that is entirely up to you. Note #2: This is the final “free” Friday Trigger Question. From next week it will…
Aiming to win or trying not to lose?
Your Friday Trigger Question We are midway through January and you are probably tired of that annual ritual bugbear. Resolutions. Let’s admit it. Resolutions seldom work. But your Friday Trigger could work, depending on how you use it. Sometimes we benefit more from looking back over what has happened than from anticipating what will happen…