Bronnie Ware was a palliative caregiver for 8 years. The experience resulted in a book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departed. She shares the thoughts, wishes and regrets of those she cared for in their last few weeks of life.
Bedtime Stories
Every day should be National Family Literacy Day! Tomorrow, November 1st is National Family Literacy Day. Do you remember books at bedtime with a parent? Did/do you read stories with your own children? It’s that special one-on-one time
Turn Off The Blender!
Has problem-solving ever felt as if you are stuck in a never-ending blender? That’s how Janice felt in dealing with issues in her business. She would get lost in a Google black hole digging for ideas and solutions. “There comes a point where you’re just wasting time and running in circles.”
Who’s Your Target? Competitors or Customers?
Kwik Trip more-than-just gas stations are cropping up all over and often across the street from a competing gas station. In St. Cloud on Tuesday, their gas was $2.439 – across the street it was $2.599. Thursday the prices were reversed: gas at the competitor’s station was $2.439 and at Kwik Trip it was $2.599.
Who is More Effective – the Fox or the Hedgehog?
How are you at solving problems? Making decisions? What makes one person a nail-biter and another sound reassuring and decisive even when they may be “just guessing”?
Do you want your best to leave?
Companies spend billions of dollars on recruiting and interviewing, hoping they’ll hire the very best. Every day, headhunters and your competitors are seeking ways to lure your most valuable employees away.
Can Families Have A Mission Statement?
One of the things I enjoy most about belonging to a book club is being exposed to ideas I have not considered. In last month’s book, Content Inc. (about providing unique content, growing followers and building a successful business) the author shared The Pulizzi Mission” his family’s mission statement.
How to Create a Successful Team of Remote Workers
Guest Blog by Tina Martin Creator of Ideaspired Employees are seeking more flexibility in their jobs. One solution is working remotely. Employers are finding that remote workers can be more productive than in-office employees. It’s no wonder that almost 5 million people are part of the remote workforce in America.
Do Not Enter!
When you think of boundaries, you think of giant fences or “do not enter” signs. Boundaries at work are less obvious.
August 2019 Question of the Month – Top 3 Answers
Here are the top three answers from last month’s Around the Table question for August: “How often have members of your leadership team spoken to a customer in the last 90 days? For what reason?”