If you are totally organized and always know what you need to do next, always have control of your tasks, and always correctly forecast how long something will take… I am insanely jealous of your skillset. Starting last October, even as I started to declare 2013 as my Year of Happiness (my 15th anniversary in … Read more
I recently learned that I must move my website to a new technology platform. The short story: I was one of the first of my kind to have my own website in 1998. While I’ve rebranded and redesigned the site many times, the guts of it are still written in an “ancient” programming language that … Read more
Magic Numbers: 10-13-15-100. In the year 2013 I will celebrate: In 2013 I will celebrate all year with new projects, publications, some public classes, and lots of exciting offerings of Happiness and Leadership, and I invite you to come along for the ride! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INVITATION TO SHARE: I am also collecting stories from readers about … Read more
Your past is SO last year. Whatever happens in the next year/next phase of your life need not follow any old pattern, for you always have the opportunity to reboot. Here are seven tips inspired by the annual return to school
When you master the skill of being vulnerable, you simultaneously nurture your strength. So too, the more you practice happiness, the more you open yourself to the experience of other emotions. (read more)
I was fortunate to begin my career with a company that really lived into the mantra, “work hard, play hard.” We used employee meetings to celebrate accomplishments, we threw parties to mark successful projects, invited family to annual picnics and frequent open houses, and encouraged people to decorate for nearly every holiday – with Halloween as a peak … Read more
Download your 13 Principles of Happiness – suitable for framing – click here ( ~113k) 1. Become Positively Self-ish When you take care of yourself first, you build a foundation for stronger relationships with others, increase your capacity, and reduce doubt. 2. Live Your Values Clearly identify and proclaim your personal values through the way you live and … Read more
An effective leader does not behave like a crab, at any time and in any venue. Moreover, most good leaders have little tolerance for crabs, as they have a toxic effect on the workplace team. Still, crabs exist, for they often do their work under the sand, where they are not visible but they still undermine morale in the workplace.
Since I completed a three-week detox just over a year ago, I’m much more mindful of the food that I eat. I learned then, and have reinforced many times since, that I am what I eat — when I eat junk, I feel like crap; when I eat good food, everything’s easier in my life, … Read more
My mother turned 75 last month. She’s in pretty good health for an old lady who raised eight kids and has 19 grandchildren. My dad passed away 23 years ago, and Mom turned out to be quite the survivor — she went to work for Kelly Girls as a permatemp for many years, finished raising … Read more