Susan L. Farrell, Author

Tag: Decision Making

Self-Empowerment

Lesson from Mary Poppins

Several years ago my husband and I took the grandchildren to see the play Mary Poppins.  A recurring line was, “Anything can happen if you let it.” This is very true.  How

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Self-Empowerment

Rip off the Bandage

When I was a child and got hurt, Mom would clean the wound, put on antibiotic, and put a bandage on the wound. When the time came to take the

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One Best Way

Sometimes finding the best way to do something can make us more effective and more efficient.  Often, however, it doesn’t matter whether it was done the best way possible or

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Thoughts on Thankfulness

As I get older, I find that I am thankful for different things than when I was younger.  In the past I was mostly thankful for successes that I had

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3 Good Choices

In life, we generally have three good choices in any situation.  This video discusses the synopsis of my book, 3 Good Choices: Change It, Accept It, or Leave It; A Woman’s

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Gain and Pain

You have probably heard the concept that we have two basic choices.  We can choose long-term gain for short-term pain or we can choose short-term gain for long-term pain. Most

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Planning Backward

Although we usually think of planning as starting at the beginning and finishing at the end, it can be beneficial to start with the end and continue backward to the

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Did You Do Better?

When we tell ourselves that we did something well, that’s positive.  Maybe we did well in an interview, in a discussion, or in confronting an employer, employee, or customer.  Maybe

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