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Love and compassion in a company

February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

By Irene Conlan - Large corporations aren’t usually known for their kindness and compassion for anything but the bottom line and, lately are known for their big bonuses for the top management. The worker bees are often forgotten and unrewarded. Last night after the SuperBowl I watched a program called “UnderCover Boss.” It was one of the most interesting programs I have seen in quite some time. Larry McDonald, President and COO of Waste Management, went undercover in his own company to experience first hand what his employees do on a daily basis and see how company policies were... [Read the full story]

Happiness

The Journey to Success – It Comes From the Path Less Traveled

January 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

By Matthew Toone - There is a path, called ‘the path to success,’ which everyone is traveling on. Scattered randomly throughout the journey are occasional forks in the road that require us to make difficult decisions. Both paths of these diverging forks bring with them certain appeal, rewards, risks, drawbacks, as well as consequences. The fork on the left, for example, is often much more appealing because the path is usually paved, it is always full of fellow travelers, and looks a whole lot easier than the fork on the right. In fact, sometimes it actually appears that the fork on... [Read the full story]

Self Improvement

Quote of the Day – Leadership

February 8, 2010 · 4 Comments

More than anything else today, followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader can do to connect with followers at a human, or better still a spiritual level, it is to become engaged with them fully, to share experiences and emotions, and to set aside the processes of leadership we have learned by rote. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 Read More →

Stress

Four Ways to Relieve Stress

January 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

By Donna Cope - In this hectic and crazy world in which we live, there are more reasons for us to find simple ways to relieve stress. We have a few suggestions to offer. Meditate. As you become more stressed, our minds go into overdrive, and may create superficial, often negative thoughts. Meditation can help you focus and concentrate your attention on the present and let go of any thoughts of the future or past. This can help you get a grip on your racing thoughts generated by stress. Biofeedback. Biofeedback is a mind-body therapy that uses the mind favorably alter body functions such as your... [Read the full story]

Habits

Breaking Bad Habits – 5 Simple Steps for Changing a Habit

January 16, 2010 · 2 Comments

By T Mcdonald - “Good habits are hard to develop but easy to live with” and “Bad habits are easy to develop but hard to live with”, according to Brian Tracey, a well-known motivational teacher. You may recognize that to successfully manage habit changes, breaking bad habits may be required in order to develop new ones. Breaking bad habits takes at least 21 days. Of course, in difficult cases, it can take as long as a year. Here’s an example of the process of how to change an unhealthy habit to a healthy habit. Suppose you’ve decided that coffee is not good for you and... [Read the full story]

Success

The Journey to Success – It Comes From the Path Less Traveled

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Self Improvement

Quote of the Day – Leadership

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Unconditional love – easier said than done

By Irene Conlan - It seems appropriate that in this week before Valentine’s Day we take a look at love and relationships. Loving and being love is, after all, what we all long for, isn’t it? Today I’d like to talk about “Unconditional Love” because we throw that term around so much. The...

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A solo mio V-day

By Kerri Zane - Damn those Happy Hallmark Holidays. Who are those brilliant marketing executives who decided they could make us single people miserable? For the past 9 years I have spent the two weeks leading up to the fateful Feb 14 date dreaming of other places I could be. Just don’t want to face another Valentines...

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What do you do when everything goes right?

By Irene Conlan - We generally think about what we will do in a time when everything goes wrong. We expect times like that and try to stay prepared to “get through” them as gracefully as we can. Why not talk about when everything goes right? There are days (even weeks) like that, you know. I often wonder...

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What James Arthur Ray has taught us about being a leader and a follower

By Irene Conlan - James Arthur Ray was charged with three counts of manslaughter and arrested yesterday for the deaths of three people who died as a result of participating in a sweat lodge at his program conducted in October – His lawyers are saying that he is innocent – that the deaths were a “tragic...

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