“You can’t always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.” 

 --Wayne Dyer

Can you tell what I've been speaking on lately? Anxiety is a major concern, not only is the workplace, but at home. Here's a part of th...

"Calmness is power. Say to your heart, "Peace be still."

--James Allen

What I'm going to share with you made no sense to me when I first heard it. When I used it in the height of rush hour traffic when I wasn't sure of my destination--it worked!...

"Emotions are neither good nor bad, it's our thinking that makes them so."

--my humble opinion

The Latin derivative for the word emotion, "emotere,' literally means energy in motion. Emotions are just energy moving through the body. They are not go...

"No one has a problem with the first mile of a journey. Even an infant could do fine for a while. But it isn't the start that matters. It's the finish line." 

--Julien Smith

What? It's June already?  What happened to the whole first half of the yea...

"Wave slope surfing has taught me to soar in the midst of trying circumstances."

--Jan McDonald

Dennis has been challenged with a health issue and hasn't worked since Thanksgiving. The docs (and there were many of them) have done every test and ...

If you want something in life that you've never had, you're going to have to do something you've never done."

--JD Houston

How many times have you been asked to do something you've never done before? I know that stepping out of our comfort zone ...

"Honor your commitments with integrity.”

― Les Brown

In The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, John Maxwell writes about the Law of Countability.  This law is all about being able to count on each other. One of the things that I love about teaching ...

"Watch what you tell yourself, you're likely to believe it."

—Russ Kyle

Technology can bring out the worst in me. On Friday morning, I had a couple of challenges that highjacked my positive attitude. The Head Trash began. "This shouldn't be this ha...

“Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It’s really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.”                                                                                                   

John M...

"Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

 --Shakespeare

I pulled out a book by Wayne Dyer, "The Power Of Intention," because I'm going over my 2025 goals.  I've also been writing about anxiety and leadership, so I don't think i...

“Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated d...

“The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.”

    --Napolean Hill

The best things in life are written in the margins.”

  --Christa Sterken

                                                                                                                                       
 In today’s world, margin is more essent...

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”  

-- Phyllis Diller

 
How important is humor?  Don’t ask a humor researcher because they are already fighting an uphill battle to get the respect they deserve.

Seriously, with all the interesting stu...

"Employees could be struggling...that's a leadership issue...we have the solution."

--Perry Holley 

This morning, I listened to a Maxwell Leadership podcast about "The Great Detachment," which provided eye-opening insights into the challenges...

“A New Year, a New You is possible. Decide who you want to be and go after that. "

 —Jan McDonald

January 10th is National Quitter's Day; the day that most people abandon their New Year's Resolutions. 

Wow. We don't often keep our resolutions. Wh...