Category Archives: Agreements

I have recently come to the view that the behavior that I will be aiming for and aim to receive is support. Finding a partner where our individual projects dovetail will be essential to get and receive such support, in … Continue reading →

For years I have been accused, by someone I knew, that I did not support them. It only dawned upon me recently that I did not need to support them or their project. Funny, the use of such language. As … Continue reading →

My project consists of my projections. It is about projecting myself into the future and into different scenarios and seeing what will fit and what will not. From these projections – and I would say my project consists of hundreds if not thousands … Continue reading →

  Have you ever actually asked yourself this question? “What is the difference between a relationship and partnership?” I was thinking that maybe I can learn a bit more about this subject from looking at them both from a business and … Continue reading →

We all have or should, in my opinion, have our own project, and therefore “My Project” from our own perspective. My project, for the last 30 years, has been the developing of systems or processes for creating and maintaining effective … Continue reading →

Q. What do you call it when someone is trying to negotiate while they are angry? A. Nagotiate For me life is a series of negotiations, countless thousands of them, ultimately. Some are me negotiating through the general pitfalls of … Continue reading →

When one thinks about it our whole society is set up to find fairness. Politics, work place relations, race relations, marriage counselling, laws, religion, philosophy, all in the search of finding fairness between us. How close we come to finding … Continue reading →

Everyone is aware of the discomfort and unpleasantness that Anger brings to a relationship and most people try to avoid it, which can only compound the problem. So why not simply make the Angry Agreement with someone before any such … Continue reading →

I was watching a 30 something dad with his 18 month daughter at Starbucks yesterday. He was obviously waiting for his wife and so was his daughter. For over 1 hour he sat there and in all that time he never uttered … Continue reading →

What is an effective team? Is it where we we sacrifice our egos for the betterment of the team or do we risk the collapse of the team for the desire to get it “right”. In Guy Kawasaki’s book Enchantment, … Continue reading →