Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and with each year, my appreciation for it deepens. I have so much for which to be thankful: I live in America. Most people in the world would choose to live here if they could. I have been presented with many opportunities. Some I have seized. Others I have squandered. […]

What is your “attitude’s” reputation? How would the people close to you describe your attitude? Take a few minutes and reflect on it. Jot down the words that come to mind, such as: Positive Caring Service-oriented Friendly Adventuresome Fun-loving It could go the other way: Bad Lazy Negative Scared The lists can be long and varied. But the […]

Every organization is subject to having people who can drain energy from the team. Author David Salyers says there are three types: victims, naysayers and know-it-alls. I hadn’t thought much of the classification, but have noticed it since learning these designations. Victims take problems personally. Rather than work to solve the problem objectively, they get […]

Neil Pasricha is a guy from Canada. His parents were immigrants from India. He had a good life, as his parents raised him in an environment unlike their own, which was one of stark poverty. He enjoyed middle class status in North America that included birthday parties and McDonald’s hamburgers. Over time, he got an […]