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Spring Cleaning Means Review Of HR Policies

As the buds bloom and many of us conduct our spring cleaning, it’s a good time to review your organization’s workplace discrimination policies. In the last few years, the EEOC has updated policies regarding retaliation, religious discrimination [...]

Life Is Full Of Bumps In The Road

In the face of adversity and uncertainty, it is so important to remain “mindful” of how much control you have over your life. It’s all about perception. What you perceive to be bad, may not be as bad as you think. One of my [...]

Podcast: Practical Tips For The Mature Traveler

Listen Here: Today’s guest is Peter Barber, author of Get Up and Get Going – A Practical Guide to the Mature Would-Be Traveller. By blending travel for pleasure with volunteering later in life, Peter provides unique understanding and [...]

Podcast: Being The Greatest Networker On The Planet

Listen Here: David Bradford is a 30 year veteran of the computer industry known for accelerating growth and performance of game-changing organizations. He is author of the new book Up Your Game: 6 Timeless Principles for Networking Your Way [...]

Podcast: Dating Mistakes Women Make After 40

Listen Here: Rosalind Sedacca is a Dating & Relationship Coach and co-author of 99 Things Women Wish They Knew Before Dating After 40, 50 & Yes, 60! She is co-creator of the Dating Rescue 10 Week eCourse and the Create Your Ideal Relationship [...]

What Good Warriors Know About Self-Compassion

If I were to ask you what you can learn from those who are 100-years-old, what would you say? Centenarians, otherwise known as Good Warriors, have seen much in their lifetimes and have learned considerably from their experiences. These men and [...]

Spring Cleaning From The Inside/Out

People get attached to “things.” We tend to hold onto it year after year. We save and stock up on things we don’t know what to do with anymore and often store it in a hidden location; hoarding. Maybe we keep things because they hold precious [...]

What We Can Learn From Graduates

This past week I had the privilege of sitting through a variety of inspirational speeches. These were meant for New York University graduating students, but I found them appropriate for just about anyone pursuing anything new or difficult. In [...]

How Johnny Manziel Empowered Himself – And You Can Too

Johnny Manziel, the 22nd pick in this year’s draft, went where no college player has gone before. Not in 78 years. The NFL draft started in 1936. Let’s do the Math. Well, math is not really my thing so let’s do the estimating thing. That [...]

In Cahoots With The Universe

Those who know me are used to hearing me talk about the universe did this, and the universe did that. I feel I’m in a relationship with greater forces, and that, so long as I align my consciousness with this field of energy and its many paths [...]

Build Your Personal Brand On Integrity

Here’s another post detailing my thoughts on one of the success quotes I sent to my career mentor subscribers. It’s from Dwight Eisenhower, Allied Supreme Commander in WWII and former US President… “The supreme quality for leadership [...]

How To Make And Find A Great Friend!

Friendship makes one a happy camper! I truly believe that the essence of friendship is care and respect. It has nothing to do with money or how cute you are, or material things.  A true friend is always there for you, no matter what, in the [...]

Forks In The Road, Stop Signs, Cul De Sacs And Dead Ends On The Highway Of Life

While taking a hike down a country road near dusk in my teens, an old farmer, plodding along with his walking stick, abruptly stopped me. His wrinkled-weathered skin did not diminish the energy in his clear blue eyes. Silver locks flowed from [...]

Are You Looking For Your Passion In Life?

Have you ever thought how you can find passion or your true calling in this life? Think hard and discover who you are. Take a in-depth look at yourself, how you behave and respond the way you do to others, how you interact with others and what [...]

Podcast: Indigenous Principles For Corporate Change

Listen Here: Glenn Geffcken is the author of Shift: Indigenous Principles for Corporate Change, which takes an innovative and fresh approach on organizational culture. This complete system for culture shift was created by looking back to indigenous [...]

Podcast: Four Dimensions of Communications and Culture

Listen Here: Brian Sooy is a business owner, design professional, author and speaker. He is founder of Aespire, a design consultancy that empowers mission-driven organizations to create purpose-driven culture, design with purpose, and communicate [...]

Podcast: Forget About Getting “Caught Up”

Listen Here: Dr. Meggin McIntosh is known as the PhD of Productivity™. Dr. Meggin knows all about having too much to do and not enough time or energy to get it all done. She realized that instead of being over- or under-whelmed, she and [...]

How Do You Create Everyday Happiness?

Some days I wake up with rocket fuel in my veins, ready to take the day by storm. Happiness seems so natural, but other days it seems like I have lead strapped to my feet. Ever been there? I suppose we all have. We need to practice being happy. [...]

Don’t Let Your Creative Tank Run Empty

Creativity needs constant fuel to produce its wonders. If you’re a creative type you probably know all about how you need to feed your artistic flair, but sometimes we run out of energy and we need a fast juicing. Here’s how to fill up your [...]

Opposites Attract, But They May Not Last, Unless…

Most couples can name several ways in which they’re opposites: neatness versus sloppiness; extroversion versus introversion; being high-strung versus laid-back preferring city versus country living, etc. And I’m sure you have something [...]

Gear Up Your Creativity

The artist’s calling can be a helpful muse when she yells, but sometimes she whispers and it’s hard to hear her suggestions. Seasonal shifts can bring creative chaos. In spring my own projects move from inside to outdoors. Painting by the [...]

Don’t Ditch Responsibility

Our notions of happiness are easily intertwined with the idea of taking it easy, of not having anything to worry about or think about. It’s like being on vacation – all the pressure of work stresses are left behind.  For the one or two [...]

Just Do It — Advice Not From Nike, But From A Musician

I’m a career mentor. I offer career advice to my subscribers. I send daily success quotes to them. Annie has finally convinced me that I should do some blog posts in which I explain the quotes and what they mean to me. The quote for May 2, [...]

Straight Paths

What Is A Path Every path leads somewhere. A series of steps to a desired destination. Point A to point B. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all of life’s ambitions were simple straight lines that lead to instant success? If you have lived longer [...]

Change Your Age And Your Life

Becoming as old as we feel isn’t a myth or an old wives tale; it’s backed by science. How we feel and think about getting older influences how well we age and how we feel about us. It affects our health and our lives. The good news is that [...]

Divorced Parents: Putting Down The Boxing Gloves Re Child Custody

A recent article I read talks about proposed changes to child custody legislation. An investigative committee is being formed to consider whether “shared parenting may be the best custodial situation for all children of divorcing parents.” While [...]

Self-Sabotage Is Your Greatest Enemy

Business people, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians and others are adamant about one thing: If you want to succeed in whatever you do, you have to stay focused. This means that you must keep the task and goals in sight and your thoughts steadfast [...]

7 Scary Privacy Issues To Be Aware Of

We are all too aware of the National Security Agency breaking encryption. The NSA has frequently been known to be implanting back doors on various servers, networks and within numerous social sites, email providers, mobile networks, mobile [...]

Podcast: Innovation Through Employee Generated Ideas

Listen Here: David Frood is the author of “The Thinking Corporation” (2008) and “Steps to Becoming A Thinking Corporation” (2014). He is an authority on corporate innovation through implementing employee-generated ideas after studying [...]

Podcast: Benefits of Numerology

Listen Here: Tara Ventura is an Intuitive Numerologist, owner of Magical Matrix Consulting, Mentor and Teacher who is passionate about her work to motivate and inspire people to take action based on their gifts and abilities they came into [...]

Podcast: Be A Working Mom & Still Live Your Dreams

Listen Here: JC Niala is the author of “Beyond Motherhood: A Guide to Being a Great Working Mother While Living Your Dream” which shares wisdom from working mothers to inspire others who may feel that it’s impossible to have [...]

Podcast: Power Of Video To Attract Clients

Listen Here: Toni Nelson is an award-winning videographer and photographer and founder of the MINE System of Learning. She is the author of Sexy, Savvy and Successful: A Woman’s Guide on How to Start a Business, Gain Financial Freedom and [...]

Podcast: Put More Time On Your Side

Listen Here: Productivity guru, Dr. Jan Yager is a sociologist who is author of five books on time management. Jan has been researching, coaching, and speaking about, time management since the 1980s. Her latest book, Put More Time on Your Side: [...]

Podcast: 365 Tarot Spreads, Unleash The Magic In Everyday Life

Listen Here: Sasha Graham is a tarot teacher, author and reader in New York City. She is here today to discuss her newest book, 365 Tarot Spreads. She wants to tell us why reading tarot cards unleashes magic in everyday life. And how you can [...]

Podcast: Coolhaus Ice Cream Book

Listen Here: Natasha Case is the co-founder of Coolhaus, architecturally inspired gourmet ice cream.  Since their launch at Coachella in 2009, Coolhaus has grown from 1 truck to 5 cities and is carried in 1,500 stores like Whole Foods. Yahoo [...]