A friend of mine, Jason Cruise recently wrote a post that hit me right square in the eyes.  He talked about how our tone and our mood affect everyone not only at home, but also at work. I have personally struggled with this for a long time.  I am a…

I just got back from attending a business convention in Las Vegas last week and it exposed me to some things that I had not experienced in awhile.  When I decided to take the job I currently have in Nashville TN, one of the main factors in my decision was…

I read an article recently by Dr Travis Bradberry that outlined how research shows most people complain once a minute during a typical conversation. Once a minute!  This really made me sad when I read it… Because I think as positive as I try to stay all the time I…

This is the time of year for all of the hustle and bustle.  Admittedly, I have even gotten caught up in it myself.  Christmas parties, taking the family to see Christmas lights, school performances, dance recitals, shopping for gifts, and of course trying to sneak away and purchase something special…

We have a pretty liberal dress code policy at my workplace, but it didn’t always used to be this way.  It used to be a place that only a coat and tie were worn.  That’s right! Every day, ladies had to wear dresses and men had to wear a coat…

I had a great conversation last week with one of my co-workers, or at least I thought I did.  About halfway into our chat, I realized I had been doing most of the talking.  I never let him speak or get a word in edge-wise because I was too busy…

At both of my children’s schools, the motto of “Be Kind” has been taken up as the overall theme for everyone to follow.  The research the schools have provided to us parents about this tells us that if you foster a culture of kindness with everyone this will decrease bullying…

A good friend of mine sent this excerpt below to me recently from CS Lewis’s book The Screwtape letters. Lewis wrote The Screwtape Letters in 1942 and it is comprised of 31 letters written by a “senior demon” named Screwtape to his nephew, Wormwood a younger and “less experienced demon”. My dear…

I entered into a meeting this week with the wrong attitude. I came into the meeting with a defensive mindset, ready to battle my pre-determined position on the topic.  I already had decided that whatever the other folks were going to present about the topic, I was going to stand…

“I barely made it to my meeting on time!” “I waited too late to start getting ready for church and now we all will be late!” “I never seem to have time to recover or even think about what we just discussed in that meeting because I am always rushing…