What Not to Do When Fired

Getting fired is pretty bad. Here's how not to make it even worse.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMay 13, 2014business, culture, employees, managementComment

What Makes a Great Hotel

What makes a great hotel.

WanderingLeslie FarnsworthMay 10, 2014business, culture, travelComment

Finding Great Books

How do you find great books?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMay 8, 2014books, literature, readingComment

Open Workspaces Don’t Work

Why open-plan workspaces aren't in businesses' best interests: They hurt productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMay 7, 2014culture, employees, managementComment

Things I Love: May 2014

Things I love in May 2014: Lucy Perfect Core Leggings, Mephisto Helen Sandals, and Three Brothers Bakery.

JournalLeslie FarnsworthMay 4, 2014fashion, fitness, healthComment

The Adult Fascination with Young Adult Fiction

Is the popularity of young-adult fiction among adults a good thing?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMay 2, 2014culture, reading, writingComment

What I Learned through Restructuring My Team

What I learned from restructuring my team and reorganizing my company.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 30, 2014employees, leadership, managementComment

Always Be Interviewing

Why companies should always interview sharp talent--even when they're not hiring.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 28, 2014business, employees, hiringComment

Not in Public, People

On grossing out our fellow humans in public.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 26, 2014culture, mannersComment

Obedience: Why We Follow Illogical Instructions

Why people follow illogical rules—even when they mean certain death.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 24, 2014cultureComment

People Want Autocrats

Tell employees where you want to go and let them set the path, right? Wrong. People need and want someone to tell them what to do, how to do it, and when.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 23, 2014employees, leadership, managementComment

On Experimenting with Illegal Substances

I need no experiential evidence to prove that illegal drugs make people feel amazing.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 20, 2014culture, happiness, healthComment

Meditation and Mindfulness: The Leslie Version

Meditation and mindfulness can take many forms.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 19, 2014happiness, health, writingComment

You Lie: The Difference between What People Say and What They Do

People don't know what they like—or how they act.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 16, 2014culture, relationshipsComment

Interviewing and Dating: The Similarities

Interviewing and dating are a lot alike.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 15, 2014business, dating, employees, hiring, relationshipsComment

Face It: Childhood Wasn’t That Great

Childhood wasn’t simple or carefree--not in the moment. Only in retrospect.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 12, 2014childhood, cultureComment

All Fiction is Autobiographical

Why do we need to believe a writer has invented a story in its entirety for it to be legitimate or good?

JournalLeslie FarnsworthApril 10, 2014literature, reading, writing Comments

You’ve Had the Food Temperatures All Wrong

The temperatures at which food should really be served.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthApril 8, 2014dietComment