A couple of days ago I read a post by my friend Steve Borek titled Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda. The basic premise of the post was that many of us get to a certain point in our lives where we look back on our past and wish we’d done something different, or lament that we didn’t […]
I was reading a post by a guy named Alexander Kjerulf (don’t ask me to pronounce it) titled The Courage To Quit. It was the story of a woman who finally realized, after another day of being verbally abused by the guy in charge, that she had to quit and find something else. She was […]
Last week there was a post on a blog written by a guy named Dan McCarthy titled 5 Myths About Giving Praise. His main premise was that employers always feel they’re giving enough or too much praise to begin with, while employees consistently report on surveys that they don’t get enough recognition or praise. via […]
Can you believe spring is right around the corner? Here in central New York, we’ve been lucky this winter with very little snow, but we know how fast that can change. Normally with spring comes the life of the trees, more birds will be singing, and grass will grow greener and greener, and we’ll all […]
Whether things are going well or going badly, sometimes we all end up in some kind of a rut. It’s easy to get into because it’s a lazy way of going about your days; it feels comfortable. If things are going well, who wants to mess with a good situation? When things are going badly, […]