Gratitude.  Are you expressing it today?  Are you sure?  It’s not always easy to do.  Life can throw us some unexpected curve balls and there are certainly times when it can be hard to feel any level of gratitude about the circumstances we find ourselves in.   But usually, if you look hard enough you can […]

So you’re packing your bags in a few weeks?  You’re team says they can handle it, but how do you know for sure?  The heart of the summer is upon us and hopefully that means there is a vacation of some form on your calendar, even if it’s just an extended weekend.    But before you […]

With Thanksgiving upon us, there is no other time of the year that we intentionally focus on gratitude, appreciation, and being thankful more than this day.  But sometimes we all need a little nudge. In that spirit, we thought it would be fun to provide a game of sorts that you could try at home […]

The world has permanently shrunk itself now that we are all connected 24/7.  But the reality is you can’t be on all the time. Even the energizer bunny’s batteries eventually run out.   Traditionally we have thought of the weekend as our downtime, but even there, flexible work schedules and home offices have shifted much of the […]

As humans we are all more productive when we are in a positive state of mind.  You are more productive in your business when you’re experiencing positive emotions than when you’re feeling negative emotions.    At some point you have probably heard (or experienced) the phrase “We are on a roll” because of a series of […]

  Ask almost any business owner or professional how they are and the most likely answer you’ll get is “Busy”.  The problem with ‘busy’ is that it doesn’t equate to productive (as in getting the most important things done) – it generally just translates to busy. Busy makes you feel like you’re getting a lot done. Busy makes […]