How to make yourself and your message memorable? Why it’s so important? We all want to be the type of people that leave an impression and influence others in positive ways, but what to do to get noticed and be remembered? Staying on someone’s mind is appreciated in personal relationships and assumed in close relationships. But […]

 To ensure you have a positive powerful presence is a conscious choice.If you master the power of being present you will transform your personal and professional life. But what does it really mean? Presence. Mindfulness. Alertness. A conscious effort to concentrate on THIS moment in time … a laser-like focusing on what needs your attention […]

Cherokee Indian legend – Two Wolves Legend An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, […]

  “Wipe off that “full of doubt” look Slap on a happy grin And spread sunshine all over the place And put on a happy face.    ~  Lyrics by Lee Adams (video)   A happy team is a productive team. Does success and quality of working life feed that happiness? Yes, but it is not […]

Do you procrastinate? Of course you do. Everyone does – at least a little bit. Are there certain tasks that you keep putting off or do you procrastinate across the board, leaving a good many of them to the last minute? Would you call yourself a chronic procrastinator or does it happen in spurts, at […]

Are our thoughts truly original? Are we actually thinking independently? Do we see problems differently than others or are our problem-solving abilities iterations on a common theme? If you use “First Principles” thinking you would be cogitating with crystal clarity – and in a way that isn’t influenced by anything or anyone. Think of the […]

What if we expand our concept of “work environment” and decide to step out of our interior setting periodically … expose ourselves to the external world, not of concrete walkways or shops or motorways or even fresh city air, but of nature itself in its most basic form? Nature has lessons to teach us – […]

“Thank you” is virtually automatic, a polite response that we were taught by our parents as children. (“Say thank you to Mrs. Smith for the cookie, Johnny.”) When we say “I appreciate you,” or a similar sentiment to someone, we are expressing value – the value of the receiver TO the person expressing gratitude. We […]