12 – 3 Techniques to Solve Being Overwhelmed

12 – 3 Techniques to Solve Being Overwhelmed

One of the worst feelings in the morning is to stare at the to-do list as it looks like the passenger list of a large cruise ship.  The items go on and on forever.  You sit there transfixed without a clue how to even start tackling that Mt. Everest of lists.  The...
05 – Lighten Up

05 – Lighten Up

Business meetings can be deadly boring Everyone sits around the table looking so serious Every meeting needs a crazy person who mixes things up! There is a time to be serious and there is a time to be crazy! Be warned that humor may not be appreciated – be...
02 – Customers Should Not Be First

02 – Customers Should Not Be First

  I fell for the old adage that “The Customer Is Always Right.”  Now, many years later and significant time spent pondering how to handle customers, I think there a much better way. Rather than focus on the customer, a focus on the employee will pay...

01 – Customized Employment

While I don’t hang out at fancy, schmancy restaurants, I am aware of the Prix Fixe menus at these nose sniffing places. The chef determines they know what is best for a meal and I, as a diner, will take whatever they serve. I had enough of that as a child. ...
11 – The Secret Longing of Almost Every Person

11 – The Secret Longing of Almost Every Person

I don’t know how many times in private conversation with friends and colleagues, I hear one constant theme.  The absolute desire for freedom.  Some want to be their own boss (61% according to Gallup) and the rest are perfectly content to work for someone else....
109 – Working Less

109 – Working Less

I won’t bore you to tears about my mistakes over the 30 plus years in the corporate world!  Too boring. However, I will mention that in my early days in business, I worked my keister off, volunteered for everything, and wore myself out. What did I get for all...