Be Careful What You Wish For – Part 3: Quotes
Some examples of quotes that remind you to “be careful what you wish for,” are: Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit and the greatest peril
July 11, 2007
Be Careful What You Wish For – Part 2: Overcoming Pride to Find Happiness
What could someone say to you, if you are working an exhausting, career inspired, trying to reach the top of the ladder kind of life,
July 10, 2007
Be Careful What You Wish For – Part 1: Losing Sight of What’s Important
OK, there’s something that you really, really want. You’re absolutely yearning for it with all of your soul and being. All you can think about is how much you want it. You ache for it and hunger for it. You become obsessed with it. You spend all of your waking hours thinking about it – consciously and subconsciously – and how to attain it. It consumes you.
You disregard your health – your diet, your sleep, your recreation, your personal time, your intellectual and creative nourishment. You rationalize that the things you’re doing in pursuit of this dream are for the good of all those involved in your life, yet you ignore them, erecting a wall between you and your partner, family, children, friends, and colleagues. Worse yet, you treat them in ways that leave in your wake a sea of emotional turmoil.
July 9, 2007
Fulfillment and Leadership
If your definition of living a happier life includes fulfillment, and a big part of that fulfillment is learning and growing, you may find a new book by Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, very interesting.
In her latest book, Mind-set: The New Psychology of Success, Professor Dweck discusses the issue of leadership, but not in the traditional sense – she doesn’t debate whether leaders are born or made. Dweck looks at precisely how you think about issues like this one to determine what makes you a better or a worse leader.
July 5, 2007
Independence Day
An article in Best Life Magazine titled My Independence Day states that I never really know what all my blessings were until I was held
July 4, 2007
Time is the New Currency – How You Can Cash In
Some examples of businesses that built on the idea that time is an essence are: Domino’s – pizza in 30 minutes or it is free,
June 27, 2007
Happy Father’s Day
The idea for Father’s Day came from a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd who was an only daughter of six children, her mother died in
June 15, 2007
A Final Word on Workplace Survival
78% of people, who responded to a University of North Carolina survey, as cited in an article titled “Eliminate Workplace Conflict and Improve Productivity,” said
June 12, 2007
The Thinking Blogger Award
The user Family Man at Build Tomorrow Another Day of Life nominates David Bohl for The Thinking Blogger Award. The thing is to identify “5
June 7, 2007
The Unanticipated Benefits of Blogging
Oftentimes when we blog we forget that more people than we realize read our blogs, and sometimes we forget that it can actually be enjoyed.
June 7, 2007
Company Perks – Do They Assist With Life Balance?
In order to keep employees and attract new candidates, many employers are now offering new perks to their employee packages. In a BusinessWeek Online article,
June 1, 2007
How often do you take a personal day from work? – WORKPLACE SURVIVAL DIALOG
That’s the question asked by Kate over at Starmedia in her contribution to the Workplace Survival Dialog titled I Owe, I Owe, It’s off to
May 31, 2007
WORKPLACE SURVIVAL Dialog – New Contributions
There are two new contributions to the Workplace Survival Dialog: Jonathan-C. Phillips at SmartWealthyRich weighs in with Recharge Your Batteries. Natalie at LogoTree brings us
May 24, 2007
WORKPLACE SURVIVAL Dialog – First Contributions
I’d like to thank the following people for contributing to the Workplace Survival Dialog: Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends Dina Giolitto of Wordfeeder.com Carl
May 22, 2007
Shaping a Partnership
My post, The Test of a Good Partner, from May 7th sparked several responses, all of them inquisitive and the majority of them positive. I
May 17, 2007
Thinking About Freelancing?
If you are thinking about freelancing check out “Top 10 Reasons you should quit your job today and become a freelancer” from the Freelance Switch
May 9, 2007
The WORKPLACE SURVIVAL Dialog
Today’s workplace is weighed down by jerks, bullies, tyrants, and despots is what Robert Sutton author of The No Assholes Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace
May 8, 2007
The Test of a Good Partner
What makes a good partner? I’m referring to partner in a business sense here. When I refer to “partner” here I’m referring to how I
May 7, 2007
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