In (legal) contracts and/or Service Level Agreements (SLA’s), an opt-out condition might well be its most overlooked feature. In our lives, others are responsible for our opt-in (eg, parents), and our opt-out (eg, euthanasia). In most countries, opting-out is (very) difficult - or just impossible - once you choose to follow the legal means (eg, euthanasia in the...
Several days ago, my girlfriend started saying to me: “Yes, but you …….”. I made a joke about her remark. However, I also realised that this common “yes, but” is quite an interesting blog topic. Actually, I prefer saying “yes, and ……”; also the Ariana Grande song below. I agree with this Kinetic remark: “"Yes, buts" [..] are conversation killers. They close the door...
Usually, my intuition sends me a clear message: okay OR stay away. Sometimes, I do not listen to my intuition, and then my feelings get burned subsequently. For some time, there’s someone who doesn’t appear on my intuition radar. I feel nothing. I fail to understand why. Since several months, I’ve been hiding in my shell (see song below), following another...
"Overcoming denial often depends on the nature of the problem. People often come to terms with the reality of a situation on their own given time and support." (source). I suppose this answer is valid. Still, by not challenging someone's denial, it may/will feel like denying someone's denial. In my past, I would confront someone's denial. I used to believe that...
My blog title has been on my list of topics for some time. I didn’t know how to address it. The recent news about a nurse, being a Female Serial Killer (eg, Guardian, 24 August), changed my perspective. This excerpt bothered me though: “babies who were grievously ill”. Most known serial killers are male, while only few are female. Guardian-2023: Female Serial...
Recently, I had a conversation about the abundance of opinions. In our past, you had to send your handwritten or typed opinion in a sufficiently stamped envelope to a newspaper that might not even publish it. Since about 20 years, everyone can publish an opinion (eg, Facebook-2004, Twitter-2006). Hence, my question: Is it a pity that we have so many opinions?? The...
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