Holiday Schedule
Does your workplace follow a strict holiday schedule? Do you set official days you are closed, or do you follow a standard weekly schedule with just the national (aka bank) holiday days off – the days when no one comes Read More …
Category: inspiration
Peer Pressure
Whoever thought that peer pressure was over once you graduated from high school or even college, they were sadly mistaken. It happens in the workforce from your co-workers It happens from your adult friends. It even happens from your industry Read More …
Days Then Hours
The count down to the holidays start with weeks of planning…it always seems like we have more than enough days then hours left, until – just like that – it is over. There is always great anticipation, a little bit Read More …
Cross That Bridge
Remember when we decided to be healthier? We decided to eat kale, other fresh vegetables, healthy breakfasts – less dairy – and exercise…we decided to cross that bridge and not look back. Then, Thanksgiving happened. Man, oh man, it happened Read More …
Everybody Around the Table
In our home and all of our family, we have an age old tradition where we say grace and then finish with a sing-songy affirmation of how we love everybody around the table. My grandmother started this (probably my grandfather, Read More …
The 7 Stages of the Holidays
While this may not apply to everyone, here are what I think are the 7 stages of the holidays. Anticipation. Planning. Shopping. Nervousness. Work. Accomplishment. Relief. Many of these stages require coffee, others require patience. Some just need you to Read More …
Not So Small
From the littlest to the not so small towns across America, there is a very big day ahead. This weekend, we celebrate Small Business Saturday and let me tell you, it is big and getting bigger. In the last 8 Read More …
Anticipation
Every day there is so much anticipation for the next big thing…this week, it is Thanksgiving. Then, the shopping-ist day of the year for many. Then, the weekends of seek and find, looking for the perfect gift. Then, the parties Read More …
Someone’s Schedule
When someone’s schedule gets changed, it might help them. Help them catch up. Help them take a breath. Help them reconnect. Help them re-engage. Help them take a look around and observe something new about the client they didn’t know Read More …
Kind Strangers
It is the season of Thanksgiving and all around, may you find kind strangers wherever you go. Like the young man who helped me park my overly large car in a too small spot. Like the patient pickup driver who Read More …