by Liz Guthridge | Mar 22, 2025 | Blog
“FU!!!” is the short version I mutter under my breath. “Will you please FU?” is the long version. Then there’s the “What do you mean, no FU yet again?” “FU” stands for “follow up.” It’s in short supply these days especially with many of the financial institutions and...
by Liz Guthridge | Mar 9, 2025 | Blog
Picture a steamship gliding on the ocean. Once you fire up the engines, it’s full speed ahead. This metaphor describes what work was like for adult men in industrialized nations the first half of the 20th century, as envisioned by the futurist and leader of the Xerox...
by Liz Guthridge | Feb 28, 2025 | Blog
“Ought” is a word that we need to banish from our vocabulary. (It’s a five-letter word that acts as an offensive “four-letter word.”) Why? The word “ought” puts you in compromising positions. When you say or think, “I...
by Liz Guthridge | Feb 22, 2025 | Blog
Want to experience “the joy of certainty”? If you listen or watch CNN, you’ll often hear this question in an ad for California Psychics. A soothing voice reassures you that psychics will be able to help you “clear away the cloud of doubt.” The message comes across as...
by Liz Guthridge | Feb 8, 2025 | Blog
Got grievances? Get in line and join the crowd. Welcome to the grievance culture where billionaires as well as common folk are complaining and sometimes even protesting about real and imagined wrongs, including unfair treatment. One billionaire, Meta CEO Mark...
