by Linda Patten | Apr 2, 2014 | Lessons in Learning
What is it about going out of town and having whatever could go wrong, go wrong, i.e., Murphy’s Law. I was heading for Los Angeles to do registration for one of the organizations I have been working with since 1995 on their conferences. With that much experience, you...
by Linda Patten | Mar 26, 2014 | Lessons in Learning
In 1969, Edwin Starr wrote and produced a song about war. The refrain went: War, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing If this is the case, then why does every generation have its war. For my grandparents, it was World War I, for my parents World War II,...
by Linda Patten | Mar 19, 2014 | Lessons in Learning
In the late 60’s and early 70’s,Hair, the musical, was literally a shocking success with its iconoclastic nude scene on stage. If you remember the lyrics to the song,“Hair”, you will remember this: “…hair, flow it, show it, grow it as long as God can grow it, my...
by Linda Patten | Mar 12, 2014 | Lessons in Learning
What is this resistance to exercise all about? As women, we might have a little dream to get into shape. I say little compared to a big dream of having a million dollar business. There is no reason why that both of those dreams can’t be realized. It still takes the 5...
by Linda Patten | Mar 5, 2014 | Lessons in Learning
Yes, I am not as young as I used to be, and that still raises the question as to where did all the energy go? Now, I find the stamina is just not there. When I was with the Training Department for Bank of America in Southern California, I was on the road 3-4 weeks out...
by Linda Patten | Feb 26, 2014 | Lessons in Learning
What is it about little girls and their love of horses? I was definitely one of those girls who had a long standing love affair with horses. I read every book by Marguerite Henry, Walter Farley, and Mary O’Hara and stories like National Velvet by Enid Bagnold,...
