The Blog of Frances Cole Jones

Best-selling Author / Corporate Speaker / Business Expert

Archive for the ‘Thinking’ Category

My Bad

I’m guessing that many of you read the above title and thought this was going to be a post about my loathing for the slacker set’s faux apologetic phrase, “My bad.” Although I do, indeed, despise that phrase, this post is about something quite different: an over-investment in labeling some innocent bit of your body [...]

SILENCE THE CRITICS IN YOUR HEAD 3 Pointers

My new article on Maria Shriver’s The Women’s Conference: Although “Innocent until proven guilty” is the law of the land, I find many women more than willing to judge—and convict– themselves of daily crimes of incompetence, inefficiency and general disorganization without ever hiring a defense counsel to speak on their behalf, much less consulting a jury [...]

HOW TO MANAGE Your Expectations

My new article on Maria Shriver’s The Women’s Conference: Over the years, one thing I’ve slowly, painfully, learned is the importance of distinguishing between someone letting me down and my assumptions about that person letting me down. The breakdown comes when I assume that the other person knows exactly what I need – without my ever having [...]