Fresh Baked
At this time of season, there are people out there who totally believe that it is not good enough to just be fresh baked. Cookies that is. To clarify, they need to be made from scratch…if you think you are Read More …
Category: opinion
Spinach and Kale
The past few years it has been pretty easy to find plenty of spinach and kale in the grocery store. Even the mass retailers with a market have it – at least Target usually has it at a minimum in Read More …
There Are Limits
There are limits to what people can accept, handle and allow to happen in their home. People who have listed a home for sale or been selected for a holiday house tour know this better than most. On the two Read More …
Open Door Policy
The best managers, co-workers and friends should have an open door policy. Who wants to have to knock and wait for permission to enter to speak freely about a project, their work or even what might be happening in their Read More …
Not For You
Sometimes, you may get a call or a text that is not for you, instead, it was meant for someone else. Maybe the person who used to have that phone number, or even simpler…it was dialed/entered in error. Oops. Sometimes Read More …
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 …
Bridging the Holidays
Early Thanksgiving means that we are quite literally bridging the holidays…there really is no choice; at least for us, we have family on both sides of the river. So, I guess I mean literally and figuratively. It just seems a 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 …
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 …