Yesterday was a noble experiment in food portions that led to a Blinding Flash of the Obvious. I am tempted to post about it now, but I’ll let it percolate a bit more before I do that. The realization is so obvious that many of you will think (or know) that I can be clueless sometimes. I’ll take a “fertile pause” before I disclose.
Fertile pauses are useful in the middle of conversations as well as in blog postings. The simple words:
- Let me think about that
…reset a conversation. Try it today. When you’re tempted to be forthcoming, but suspect it might be better to wait or alter the conversational trajectory a bit, try that phrase. My fertile pause will be a day or more, but the phrase works well mid-conversation as well.
