One Plucky Blog

Last week, I observed an amazing use of power and authority. (It had nothing to do with the federal government, in case you were wondering if I’ve gone insane.)

“Cherish these days” is a sentence that always gets under my skin…

Last night, I saw an old friend for dinner.

We first met when were barely adults and, though we’ve been in touch sporadically, it had been a while. There was a lot to catch up on…

When he was 11 years old, Ben Franklin invented swimming fins…

Two weeks ago, I discovered the Home Shopping Network. After teaching a day-long manager training onsite, I was tired, browsing cable in my hotel room, opting out of anything that required empathy or emotion.

And then I landed on THIS:

I found a dead bird in the driveway the other day…

Here’s an interesting exercise:

First, draw a straight, horizontal line on a paper. Like this…

I feel like you will understand this metaphor.

Last week, a client told me about a cool Substack he follows.

I took it as a sign that this book fell off the shelf.

As a person who talks and listens for a living, I’ve got a front row seat to phrases going in and out of circulation.

“I should really write a blog post.” People say this to me constantly but NO ONE EVER MAKES THE TIME!