Entries by Gary Szenderski

Choice & Change

Choice & Change The World’s Most Powerful Forces Change creates the choices in our life, and choices create the changes. This is the essential law for living: Change and her sister Choice are in a constant and continuous motion of creation and the entire universe is the stage by how we can witness our impact […]

Lean into the Future

Lean into the Future A traditional tactic used in negotiation is to take two steps forward and then one step back. It gives the appearance of compromise, but if left to its own devises it eventually will have two-stepped its way into our world and will own some of it. Before we let that happen […]

Spot Removal

Spot Removal A Sixty-Word Short Story*: Myra could not have predicted the convergence of events that had the powers that be scratching their heads. She surmised that no one else could have seen this coming either. One decision after another had been scrutinized to the nth degree, and yet here they were, stuck in indecision, […]

Whether Forecast

Whether Forecast A Sixty-Word Short Story*: The moment had arrived, and Marilyn was feeling uneasy. It was time to move on, but why? Yes, she wanted a better life, and yes, she needed a change and yes, the relationship was exciting, but it meant leaving her old life behind. This would change everything whether she […]

Momentum Builder

Momentum Builder A Sixty-Word Short Story*: Halfway through the fourth quarter, coach Kyle could see his team was struggling. Their body language was telling him that they needed a mental boost. Coach called timeout, huddled his team together, and said nothing. The players stood waiting for his instructions, but none came. When the whistle blew, […]

Hope Springs Eternal

Hope Springs Eternal A Sixty-Word Short Story*: Stewart was famous for having a positive outlook on the world and was excellent at providing hope, and encouragement for tackling whatever problems his family, friends, and colleagues might be facing. He knew this was a gift and he was keenly aware that this is what people expected […]

Can you hear me now?

Can You Hear Me Now? A Sixty-Word Short Story*: Veronica had studied speech in college. She learned the proper way to enunciate and project so that the message was clear and strong. She acquired a vocabulary that was exceptional and often fraught with obscure idioms and colorful metaphors. She was a student of communications and […]

In Stall Mode

 In Stall Mode Life is not linear by nature, it is more holistic and tends to let us have contact with multiple aspects of time and space and other pieces of the world simultaneously, meaning that we really are never untouched by the moves and motions of all of those around us. We are connected […]

Imperfection

Imperfection A Universal Human Reality “There was the cat, asleep. The man thought as he smoothed the cat’s black coat, that this contact was an illusion and that the two beings, man and cat, were as good as separated by a glass, for man lives in time, in succession, while the magical animal lives in […]

Insanity

Insanity  Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over…and expecting different results. This is one of those truisms I really love because it applies to so many aspects of our lives.  From a golf swing, to relationships, to ad campaigns, to how we discipline our children, we can become possessed and motivated […]