by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
As I write this I’m in the Narita Airport in Japan. I Left Laos on Saturday afternoon, arrived at Bangkok airport about 9:00PM, finally got a flight out to Japan on Sunday morning about 8:30AM. Now to Dallas-Fort Worth, and then back to Los Angeles. That routing...
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
The old saying, ”When you’re up to your tailbone in alligators, it’s difficult to remember that the objective was to drain the swamp.” Or, you are trying to catch the meal from slipping off the plate while you are juggling 10 other plates. Have...
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
I had an interesting experience today; teaching my Laotian “translator” the 5 W’s: Who, Where, What, Why and When. In an event-based culture, questioning for content is not a standard practice. When you add a time dimension it really throw them....
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
Have you had any personal interactions that could be referred to as “Passive/Aggressive?” When a person with whom you either must, or want to, interact with reacts passively to any suggestion or situation, and later leaps into the greater dialogue like a...
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
Recently I was headed for Charles De Gaul Airport in Paris. Know that this is a scary proposition, driving in Paris. There are ring roads, streets, avenues, “peripheries” and a lot more. Tie that to 2.5 million Frenchmen and you have a white knuckle...