by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 7, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
Last week I was out golfing with a few ladies when I noticed that one of them had her own golf cart, perfectly matching the Cincinnati Bengals colors. Once I realized she was from Ohio, I brought up the upcoming Super Bowl and congratulated her team. As...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jan 3, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Help Me Rhonda
Warren and I are enjoying the series Superstore on Netflix. It is a good escape at the end of the day. One of the characters has a relationship with another character and hasn’t told anyone yet. Mateo really wants to tell everyone that he is dating Jeff, but...
by Rhonda Scharf | Sep 20, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
I’m sitting on an airplane, my first in 18 months, and we are an hour past departure time, and we are back at the gate with a maintenance issue. I was excited to get on an airplane again. I usually fly a few days a week, and flying is part of my identity really. I...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 9, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
Warren and I had just walked out of the store and were about to get into our car when two men jumped out of their cars and started yelling obscenities at each other. Everyone seemed to freeze and watch the scene unfold. It was tense, the situation quickly escalated,...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 26, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
Warren has a habit of overreacting to situations. He goes from zero to 60 in two seconds. Instead of ignoring this sudden outburst and giving him a few seconds to realize he overreacted to the situation, I am often guilty of telling him to “calm down.” For...