How are things going?
Are there ways you can move you or your organization from good to great? Are you thinking that there is no need to improve on the way things are? If you are, this is a mistake. I write that because no matter …
What were they thinking?
Why do people do these things? The other day I received a wonderful letter from a charity with some stationary as a ‘gift’. The stationary was well prepared and was of high quality. In fact, it was so wonderful I …
What type of mind-set do you have?
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 …
Being optimistic vs. being positive?
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 …
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 …
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 …