{"id":963,"date":"2024-11-25T22:38:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T22:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/?page_id=963"},"modified":"2024-11-25T22:42:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T22:42:56","slug":"article-by-srt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/?page_id=963","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE BY SRT"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Strategic Relationship Thinking (SRT)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1732574574207{border-right-width: 30px !important;border-left-width: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span class=\"\" style=\"font-size: large;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-968\" src=\"https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate-300x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate-570x570.webp 570w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate-500x500.webp 500w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate-1000x1000.webp 1000w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate-650x650.webp 650w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-11-25-17.40.55-A-whimsical-and-humorous-illustration-combining-elements-of-both-Christmas-and-Hanukkah-in-a-lighthearted-style.-It-features-a-Christmas-tree-decorate.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span class=\"\" style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Christmasakkah Confessions: A Boomer\u2019s Take on Tradition, Trains, and Finding Joy in Being Different&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Shalom my dear San Diegans:<\/span> This anecdote is my first memory of, among many things, learning to be me, even when \u201cstiffed\u201d a little. Make that a lot. Personally, I wish to thank Lionel Cowan, for his contribution. No doubt mama and papa yelled \u201cMy Son, the Genius!\u201d when in 1884, their seven-year-old, Joshua Lionel Cohen attached a small steam engine to a wooden locomotive and blew up the wallpaper. As a teen, he invented an electric doorbell, but his teacher called it stupid. Worse, he lost a fortune selling the rights to his electric flowerpot. (That\u2019s maybe stupid.) Ah but from seedlings \u2026 . The buyer detached the tubes and marketed &#8230; the Eveready Flashlight. Wiser, Joshua, with a friend, launched the Lionel Manufacturing Co. in 1900. After attempting to sell portable electric fans, he attached the fan&#8217;s motor to a miniature wooden railroad car. This time it didn&#8217;t explode. It moved. And the quintessential Christmas gift &#8212; Lionel trains &#8212; was born. Ah, but thorough the years, another \u201cfauxliday\u201d blew up replacing George Costanza\u2019a Festivus (for the Rest of U: Christmasakkah!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Don\u2019t Send me a <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Christmasakkah<\/span> Text. Thank you.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Before you think I\u2019m a crotchety Politically Incorrect old bat who can\u2019t get the Peace on Earth\u201d thing past my antiquated Boomer brain, you would be wrong. It\u2019s not the concept, the philosophy of Joy to the World, Unity in Peace, Appreciation of Difference that gets up my sinuses. It\u2019s the reason. And a little, the method. Back in Boomer days, We Jewish kids didn\u2019t have the option of <span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cChristmasakkah.<\/span>\u201d If we did, chances are we couldn\u2019t get the whole World in Harmony thing past the \u2018rents.\u2019 Most weren\u2019t buying and many, like mine, dutifully explained the lack of relationships between a giant tree in one\u2019s living room and \u201cpeace\u201d (even if we called it a \u201cbush\u201d). Red and green lights were reserved for traffic, not strung around houses. As for the rest, was Jesus born on December 25? No. Not close, although Pagans celebrated something then. What about the jolly old guy in a fur-trimmed red suit and toys R Us rations for all good children, who supposedly lives at the North Pole, not to mention, his elves, reindeer and flying sleigh&gt; What does this miraculous man have to do with anything except major multi-tasking? Then there\u2019s mistletoe, holly, and ham, and the fun songs, often written by Jews? Is this confusing? As Jews, we were in a strange position. While writing the daytime drama, \u201cAs the World Turns,\u201d my boss at the time, the late, ever fascinating, Douglas Marland, was picking me up for an evening of theater =. I lived in Riverdale, New York, known for its Jewish residents, primarily Orthodox. As I tumbled into the car, he looked at me oddly. Here we were, a few days before Christmas. Houses across every hamlet in America were strung with lights \u2014 and then there was here. A tiny turf in the Bronx with nothing but the faint orange glow of Menorahs peeking out of windows demurely into the winter night.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>\u201cWhere the heck are we &#8230;\u201d he asked, awe-struck, \u201cTel Aviv &#8230;?\u201d (This was said without a hint of anti-Semitism.) Undaunted, I explained. This kicked off a discussion of what it was like to grow up in the fifties as a Jew in a non-Jewish neighborhood, which I did as a kid.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Brilliant, verbal, and glib, it is one of the very few times this master storyteller was rendered speechless. Finally, he said: \u201cYou know &#8230; It never once occurred to me what it must feel like to be an outsider on Christmas.\u201d Although, he, a farm boy, who preferred dreaming in the movies to milking, remained pensive for the rest of the evening.\u201cThe Jews are like other people, only more so.\u201d \u2014 Proverb<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>As a young child, Mom and dad explained, and then of course discussed Hanukkah, our holiday, (<em>which is terms of getting stuff, is like comparing Harry and David pears to a raisin, even if you\u2019re doing it right<\/em>). Of course, I could enjoy for my Christmas pals but no \u201cbushes\u201d with balls \u2013 or dreidels. So on the 25th, what\u2019s a Jew to do besides the Chinese food drill? My parents said \u201cenjoy with.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Oh, I did.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Every Christmas morning at promptly 7 a.m., I ran down the street to my friend, Carol Anne\u2019s house in huge anticipation of the spectacle. What a spectacle! Between trees, boughs, lights, gifts, paper, poinsettias, cookies, popcorn, little Santas, bells, it was a devout Disneyland. She was great and shared her toys while I was there so I could play, too. (Today she\u2019s a nun.) At age seven, I raised the subject again at home? \u201cWhat about a little, bitty, stocking with chocolate coins?\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Time for a bigger sit-down. Yes, we celebrated differently. Yes, we believed in Israel and the United States. Yes, we desperately wanted peace in the world, and on the block. But, we did things according to Jewish law and custom after which they reminded me of Pesach, Rosh Hashana, Purim, which led into an even more sophisticated discussion of what it means, religiously and historically to be a Jew. \u201cHmmm. I am different,\u201d I thought. There was no thought of jealousy, only pride and general enjoyment of the Christian festivities.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>For example, as a life-long singer (Kiri te Kanawa doesn\u2019t have to worry), I was always in chorus, including the All-City Chorus, then run by the legendary Peter J. Wilhousky, an ardent Catholic, who made sure we sang every song that had a \u201cHoly\u201d someone in it. My favorites in chorus were always The Halleluja Chorus and Hosanna &#8212; Christian songs. I neither cared, nor was converted. It was the music that was heavenly to me. I adored the people on the street not scowling. The shop windows were glorious, and with age, I thought, Thank God, I don\u2019t have to go in there. Somewhere between my adolescence and eventual death, someone, somewhere (no doubt a toy manufacturer) decided, \u201cJEWISH CHILDREN MUST BE JEALOUS! GIVE THEM CHRIST \u2013MAKKAH! OR, MAKE HANUKKAH (a not very important holiday), like a Jewish Mardi Gras.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">STRATEGIC TAKE-AWAY:<\/span><\/em> And now, the strategic, not religious metaphor I promised you. I was different. And that was Okay. There would be things I could not do, would not do, would do, might do, that are quirky, odd, wise, dumb. But never jealous. Why? Because, I\u2019m different. Not just in my beliefs, but in every custom fiber of my Marniehood. With such a strategy, there is no sense in jealousy. How can an Oompa Loompa be jealous of a Munchkin?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Personally, I don\u2019t care if you DO celebrate Festivus (Seinfeld), as long as hurting Jews or anyone isn\u2019t involved. But the true joy is absolute acceptance of who we are, different as snowflakes \u2013 yet with hopefully a similar goal \u2013 to survive without slipping.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-577 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signal-2024-01-10-210316_002-233x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signal-2024-01-10-210316_002-233x300.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signal-2024-01-10-210316_002-768x987.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signal-2024-01-10-210316_002-700x899.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/thesrtway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signal-2024-01-10-210316_002.jpeg 797w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR: MARNIE MACAULEY MS, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IS THE FOUNDER OF STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP THINKING:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1sur9pj xkrqix3 x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FTHESRTWAY.COM%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2W271wlBtl7Pya-wler31lP4uNXBJ1v-8f0GD58APZxDyIUgh0aOwzWIo_aem_Mhn-FCm6A3RCwWSHZHF3Dw&amp;h=AT1d1d75ZJYobgpvb0UJRXv-Q02IbOauKYnu1qpGaLC01guWhQRzc8MLgsuyTEoJtAsfX9NkruL00YOzTOUqu3x0vlxm_eZyNjxVrw9BEcMeCxbpyl87iPP14vIWXylOSXGcN9A&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT0WEPRd2082ZGzCY8EDNCAheh7LeNZYoXnfRlphJ1A19ZHeDXxceUgWM38DaVBz6M104CaDnnxYJveiYjG09JEsWBeRSWiubXgqcRoXK-QvJkWC4tzeCKk0_ylNgSnsHrKjH6E-snu0ktw5Zl0GHAWYrJ_qUNa5ai99dD7caKajQ8uyLQSc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">THESRTWAY.COM.<\/a><\/span> For in person sessions in Las Vegas, or speaking engagements, including marital, parental and work issues, you can reach MARNIE at MARNIEMACAULEY@GMAIL.COM or for Remote: Zoom. 702 258 9904<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Recently seen on NBC and CBS news (Vegas), quirky, no-nonsense, funny, Marnie Macauley MS, Columbia University \u2013 Creator of Strategic<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Relationship Thinking, (an innovative way to solve problems),writer, editor, author, lecturer, clinician, and administrator \u2013 is a straight-shooter, who has a distinctive voice and takes on the world in her columns, features, and books. Among other places, her advice column was syndicated through Tribune Media Services, Marnie has written over 20 books\/calendars, including the series \u201cA Little Joy, A Little Oy. Her books include Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother; and; A Little Joy, A Little Oy; (winner best calendar content, pub. AndrewsMcMeel). She is also a \u201ccalendar queen\u201d having written over 20. 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