Posted: October 31, 2013 | Categories: Leadership, Self-Improvement

Have you ever met a friendly person who for some reason wasn’t friendly to you?  Puzzling, isn’t it?  It is true:  We can’t please everyone.  We also wonder if there is some way we are coming across that is turning people off.

Almost all of us have “blind spots”.  These are areas about ourselves that need improvement – we just aren’t aware of them.  Those who know us and like us usually don’t say anything about these.  Sometimes they don’t even notice the flaws.
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Posted: October 9, 2013 | Categories: Self-Improvement

If you are waiting in line at the supermarket, you may occasionally glance at the tabloid headlines.  (You don’t have to admit it)  On these pages (so I’m told) there are headline stories about famous people.  Most of the stories pertain to troubled relationships, people going broke, and health or substance abuse issues.  These stories may be depressing.  They also point to the most important areas we need to live a happy life.
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Posted: August 31, 2013 | Categories: Self-Improvement, Time management

In my blog on August 22, I talked about some things we could do when we feel overwhelmed and torn between many tasks.  We were talking about planning.  Now let’s do what we can to support our plan…PREPARE!
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Posted: August 22, 2013 | Categories: Self-Improvement, Time management

Do you ever find yourself getting to the point where you feel frazzled and overwhelmed?  You are working like mad and you feel like you are taking one step forward and two steps backward?  STOP! Take a time out, sit down, grab a fresh pad of paper and pen, and begin “uploading” everything rattling in your mind onto the paper.
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Posted: July 17, 2013 | Categories: Leadership, Self-Improvement

“The problem with success is that too often it comes disguised in overalls and hard work” –  Mark Twain

About 40 years ago the Hall family (Hallmark Cards) opened a luxury Hotel in Kansas City that was the talk of the town.  Built on a rock formation, the urban gem had waterfalls and landscaping that gave a renewed ambiance to KC.  I remember when they interviewed the general manager:  They asked him his success secret.  He said, “I started my career as a bellhop, and I never used the luggage cart…People like to see you earn your money”  He’s right.

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