Working With People When It Is Difficult

by Mike Reading To download a print version, please click here Most of us spend more time at work than we do any other place. There we must interact with people to get tasks done, support co-workers, satisfy customers, and make contributions toward reaching...

Motivation and Thankfulness

By Robert J. Tamasy To download a print version, please click here When was the last time you heard a motivational talk? How did you react to it? Did it fill you with enthusiasm and inspiration? Did you find yourself filled with adrenalin, ready to take on the world?...

The Challenge of Knowing When To Evacuate

By Jim Mathis To download a print version, please click here It is hard not to be moved emotionally when hearing and seeing reports of catastrophic flooding, whether it be on the Texas Gulf coast or Florida in the United States, as we have seen in recent months, in...

Restrain Your Lips – You Might Be Rewarded

By Rick Boxx To download a print version, please click here There is an old American saying, “Loose lips sink ships.” A British equivalent, “Careless talk costs lives,” carried the same meaning – to beware of unguarded talk. These slogans during World War II were used...

Are You Minding Your Own Business?

By Robert J. Tamasy To download a print friendly version, please click here When we use the term “minding your own business,” we typically refer to not getting involved in or interfering with someone else’s business. However, life in the business and professional...

Re-Shaping Our Worldview In Business

By Jim Mathis To download a print version, please click here Recently I began re-reading M. Scott Peck’s classic 1978 book, The Road Less Traveled. He defined spiritual growth as moving from a microcosm view of the world toward a macrocosm view. A microcosm worldview...