Business travel can be a great opportunity to expand professional horizons, visit interesting places, and forge new connections. As a professional speaker I have had a chance to visit some incredible places and meet so many interesting people. However, the…
The Relative Importance of Our Jobs If the pandemic has taught us anything over the past 18 months, it is that the relative importance of our jobs is not what we thought they were, or what we were led to…
In recent weeks amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as jobs, schools, restaurants, hospitals and life as we know it is changing in ways we never imagined, that feeling of loneliness and confusion can be overwhelming. Adding in other household stressors and…
Our society now lives and breathes technology. The way we gather news and information has drastically changed over the last 20 years. Everything is instant, and the media has become a lifeline for our culture. We are always connected, whether…
Bias is our tendency, inclination, or prejudice toward or against something or someone. Everyone (in one way or another) is biased. You may be thinking to yourself “there is no way I am biased.” Sorry to break the news, but…
We all go through a different path in life. Our personalities, education, upbringings and experiences make us who we are and influence the way we perceive reality. The path we take gives each of us a unique perspective on life…
Imagine your surgeon telling you she did an “OK job” on the operation, or a contractor saying that the furnace installation is “good enough”. We’d all be pretty shocked and upset at the lack of effort for something so important.…
When we collaborate, we increase our odds for success; it’s a tried and true method to take our idea, project or business to new heights – even heights we didn’t know were possible! However, it can’t work if the setting…
For anyone who remembers Vanilla Ice, he said it best when he sang: “Stop, collaborate and listen”! We tend to forget how important it is to work together instead of just ploughing through life in a tunnelled, self-focused way. Collaboration…
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could always end a difficult relationship with a hearty handshake and a sincere ‘best of luck to you’? The reality is that while that can and does happen on occasion, the end of our…
