Drawing a parallel between how you treat business challenges and hurricanes is a poor analogy. The reason: you don’t want stay hunkered down when things aren’t going well in business.  The times of challenges, when faced in business, is time to adapt, grow and overcome. That can mean heads down work, that can mean focus,…

This moment is special because you have a choice. You have the ability to do something extraordinary. And it’s something you can do right now. Tell someone via text, verbal compliment, messenger bird, smoke signal, sign language why you’re grateful for them. Expressing gratitude is one of the funnest, easiest, most rewarding things you can…

I rarely read fiction. Not because I don’t enjoy a good story, but rather because other content, like self-help books, usually provide more directly valuable insight.  Identifying helpful changes in perspective can be a little harder in fiction when you’re drawing the connection from hypothetical situations. It’s not that value is entirely lacking from fiction it’s…

If there’s one thing that humans are good at, it’s talking. However, talking is not the same as having a good conversation. In fact, they can often be in opposite directions. For the sake of simplicity, I’m going to loosely define a productive conversation as a verbal exchange between two parties where both leave feeling…

How often do you find yourself getting upset when people don’t acknowledge your acts of kindness and consideration? Don’t they realize that holding the elevator or letting them cut ahead of you in traffic is an inconvenience to you? It can feel as though frequently serving others, generally being considerate, is a great burden. This is…