[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Still in the mode of celebrating ten years, here are five more lesson I’ve learned since being in business for ten years. (For the other five, click here.) Your mission may change, but your character shouldn’t. I went from focusing on church office personnel to a more general audience, and back to “overwhelmed […]
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Ten years. Wow. It’s time for a big birthday celebration and that’s going to happen in April! In fact, there will be a special announcement later this week about how we are going to celebrate, which includes the giveaway of 10 Chick-Fil-A gift cards (worth $10 each!) Why am I doing this? Read
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One of my biggest time management challenges is allowing enough time for each errand or task of the day. I am not strong at estimating how long something will take, or allowing for the inevitable interruptions or setbacks (i.e. from technology) that come my way. Sometimes I think there is a deeper reason for this
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How big are the notification numbers on your app icons? (The numbers you see on the photos in this post are REAL, bless the hearts of the folks who were willing to share them for my use. Names withheld of course. 🙂 We are inundated with all kinds of communication everyday, to the point where
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[featured-image size=”rss_daily” single_newwindow=”false”] “Hi honey. What did the doctor say?” Innocent question, unless you are asking it at a fast food restaurant, of a man getting ready to serve customers, in front of said customers. Then it is poorly timed and inconsiderate. This is a true story. I observed it some time ago when I was getting
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I was listening to a podcast and the speaker was sharing ways to show appreciation to your team. Most of the ideas were spot on, but I was concerned about one of them. This business owner greets his employee’s birthdays with a “Happy Birthday” email. Nice idea, right? Well, he went on to share how
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Most of us want to enjoy positive relationships in our workplaces, yet the workplace is often a source of relational frustration. Here are five tips to help you mitigate some of the tension that occurs in workplace relationships. Understand personalities. Begin to study the people you work with. What makes them tick? What
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Take note: It’s funny what you can learn about a person’s day via Facebook. Here’s the status one of my friends put up (sharing with her permission): My Day: Wake up and and tell myself to write two stories, find a missing tax file, and fill out a detailed form. Then leave the
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[featured-image size=”facebook_opengraph” single_newwindow=”false”] Think about: There you sit, staring at your desk. There are piles of work–reports to write, messages to return, letters to type–you fill in the blank. You’re paralyzed in thought because you don’t know what to do next. They all seem important, urgent even. Experts call this paralysis of analysis. Here’s the
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Take a look. Sigh. I had just finished a very full day working at home and my brain was drained. I was trying to wrap things up by 5:30 and then still had to think about making dinner. 5-6:00pm is a tricky time for me. I’m starting to get hungry. I’m feeling the pressure of
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