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Leadership, What Is It, Really? “Leadership is not about a title or a designation.  It is about impact, influence and inspiration.” Robin S Sharma Leadership.  Among many other tag lines and words, leadership seems to be thrown around like grass seed these days.  I used to think that I was being original utilizing “Leadership” as […]

Doing The Right Thing, Even When It Feels Wrong “Sometimes is it better to lose and do the right thing, than to win and do the wrong thing.” Tony Blair As a child, we were all taught to do the “right” thing. Our parents always tried to guide us in the right direction, encouraging us […]

The Honeymoon is over, now what? Oh!  You thought I was talking about marriage? So sorry! Well, actually I am…sort of. When an employer and a new employee reach an accord for that person to come to work for the employer, it really is a marriage of sorts. Think about it. There’s a selection process, […]

“If you can’t be grateful for what you’ve received, be grateful for what you’ve escaped.”   With the past year or more we’ve all pushed through, this is a very appropriate quote that really speaks to me and I hope is does to you also. Today, I’ve got some very particular reasons and stories I’m […]

When life puts you in tough situation, don’t say why me, you say TRY ME! Congratulations, you’ve almost made it through 2020!  This past year was the longest 365 days…ever! In case you went into a coma during quarantine, let me recap a few of the lowlights of the past year. A flu bug that […]

If you love your work, you’ll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you – like a fever. ~Sam Walton. That quote is by Sam Walton, one of the founders of Walmart.  I would say that Sam has […]

What we dwell on, we become Your thoughts create your reality What you believe, you will achieve You reap what you sow We have all heard of these famous quotes at some point in our lives, right? I for one am a firm believer in each of these thought provoking quotes. I know we’ve all […]

You can’t do big things if you’re distracted by small things. What would you say if I told you that we get interrupted every 11 minutes at work? And, to go with that it is said that it takes 23-25 minutes for our brains to refocus on the original task. “ So, I’m not even […]

The urban dictionary defines the action or verb to “CRAWFISH” as: Craw*Fish (Verb) To back up, move backwards, retreat from a position, to deny a statement, to go back on your word – generally a southern term. “He crawfished on the bet.” Otherwise called “backtracking”, “saving face, or changing your story. “Uh, I didn’t mean […]

“Mind Your Actions, Otherwise You Will Be Caught Red-Handed” We’ve all heard the phrase, about passing the “Red-Face” test.  If we were to think about it and be truthful with ourselves, I also think we’ve all felt that we were caught in a situation, then tried and failed the “Red-Face” test.  For those of you […]