Are you a person who is fixed in your thinking or do you have a growth mind-set? The fixed mind-set according to Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck presumes that our nature, intelligence, and creative capacity are unchanging; meaning that we …
Is it important to understand the difference? I think it is and let me tell you why. According to the dictionary being positive is that seeing everything as favorable or encouraging. While according to the same dictionary being optimistic is …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …