Is work personal?
Are there times in your life when things happen that you take them personally? Well if you do, you are not alone. There have been times when I’ve taken the smallest thing so personal that it ruined the rest of my day. How sad …
Author: Tim Gibney
Does working remote increase stress?
Does your organization let you work from home at times? According to an August 2015 Gallup research poll; 37% of U.S. workers say they telecommute, up slightly from 30% in the last decade but four times greater than the 9% found …
Are you using the proper form?
Did you know that the key to any strength training program is to build slowly and use the proper form? Are you saying; ‘I’m not interested in strength training!’ If you are not into strength training maybe just maybe you …
Are you thriving or suffering?
Or are you somewhere in between? Do you know what the common elements of wellbeing are? According to the Gallup organization they feel that there are five broad categories. They are; Career Social Financial Physical, and Community I show this …
Are hand gestures important?
Do they help in conversations? This blog is very personal as many years ago a person I was working with criticized me for using hand gestures when I spoke. Now don’t get me wrong, I understand that some people don’t use …
How do you define your day?
Did you know that you can improve your day by creating an image of the day before you start it? I write this because of the following comment in a U.S. newspaper article. The person wrote; ‘When you are out …
Is your work productivity impaired?
Are there actions you do after work that affect the bottom-line of your organization? According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; in 2010 alcohol cost $77 billion in impaired productivity. If you add absenteeism and other factors the total …
Do you know what ‘propriety’ means?
Have you ever seen or used the word? It was only a few days ago that I saw this word in an article. Not knowing what it meant I looked it up. Here is the definition I found; propriety is …
Do you remember Vester Flanagan?
Do you recall that he was the man who murdered a reporter and a cameraman on live television on August 26, 2015 in Virginia? Why would I even want to talk about this person? I believe it is important to …
Is it time to let go?
Are you trying to be perfect? Can you ever achieve perfection? I doubt it, but there is no harm in trying to improve day in and day out is there? I feel at times that we grab on to something …