In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Many of us tend to over-think things rather than do them. Think about all the times you thought about having friends over for dinner and then you put it off. You thought about it again and again and continued to put it off. …
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder For over seven years Regina Brett was a columnist for the Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio. During that time she was diagnosed and successfully treated for breast cancer. Today she is a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. To celebrate turning…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–What Do I Do When I Get There?–A Story About Smiling From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Early in 2007, Tom Coughlin, head coach of the New York Giants of the National Football League, was in danger of losing his job. His team had lost seven of their…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–What Do I Do When I Get There?-I Want Your Success Stories-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder In a recent issue of The Wall Street Journal, Robert J. Hughes reviewed a book titled The Geography of Happiness. The author, Eric Weiner, an NPR correspondent, traveled to a number of countries including Denmark, the…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-I Want Your Success Stories-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Negative people who make nasty comments to belittle or surpress those around them are a tremendous drain on the productivity of a business. The problem is that negative comments are hurtful and almost always ruin people’s days. When this occurs,…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey-I Want Your Success Stories-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder In their book, The Invisible Employee, Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton estimate the cost of employee turnover in America to be 1.7 trillion dollars annually. That’s a huge drain on American businesses. …
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-I Want Your Success Stories-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Recently I read a book titled The Power of Kindness by a world renownd psychologist named Piero Ferrucci. The author references numerous research studies that show how kind people are healthier, live longer, feel better about themselves, are more popular, more productive, enjoy…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-I Want Your Success Stories-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder While nearly everyone has an opinion on what it takes to achieve success, there are very few proven formulas. Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM offers us this one: “Would you like me to give you a formula for…
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-Feedback From a subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder One of life’s more interesting paradoxes is this: Almost everyone wants to be a success while almost no one wants to fail. At the same time, it’s the lessons we learn from our failures that pave the way to our successes. …
In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Some bosses can be downright stingy when it comes to doling out “thank you’s” to their employees for a job well done. Whenever I have suggested that these bosses thank their employees more often, they’ve responded by saying something like: “If I thank…