This Year Will Be Different

Jan 7, 2024 | Business, Leadership, Personal Management

The Difference Dilemma As we step into a new year, there is a sense of fresh beginnings. Psychologists call it the Fresh Start Effect. We have visions of things being different and we capture that optimism in resolutions to do something different. While early...

Shift From Stress To Energy

Apr 9, 2023 | Business, Performance, Personal Management

From Stress to Energy Gratitude weakens the normal stress response and changes our mindset and mood, allowing us to perceive situations as ones of anticipation and interest. By intentionally expressing gratitude, we can experience the shift from stress to energy, even...

Mind Your Narrative

Sep 18, 2022 | Business, Leadership, Personal Management

Your Story Everyone has a narrative, a story we tell ourselves about who we are and what we are about. Our own story is rehearsed repeatedly in the setting we find ourselves. Think about your work team. It is an intersection of narratives, and we use others to...

Celebrate With Gratitude

Dec 12, 2021 | Business, Leadership, Personal Management

Quite A Year We’ve come to the end of the year, which for many, was quite a year unlike any other. While some would rather forget it, please don’t. Instead, take a moment to appreciate all that has happened and celebrate that you came through it. No matter how...

Gratitude Is A Skill

Nov 21, 2021 | Business, Personal Management

Gratitude Is A Value In a recent training on professionalism, one participant said that one of their values is gratefulness. It struck me because I don’t hear that expressed as a value very much. Yet it is so clear how impactful a grateful attitude is on our whole...