Not too long ago I received a wonderful gift from one of my most loyal blog readers. I wanted to acknowledge it with a picture of myself feeling the joy of gratitude. Here is what she wrote: [...]

Here is a quick reminder: Attitude = Quality of your energy Effort = Quantity of your energy I wish I could tell you that everything is effortless at the moment but nothing good will ever come [...]

I like to believe that the average person is not mean and is not out there to hurt people’s feelings on purpose.  Having said this, I have observed that many people don’t really know [...]

It is true. We cannot solve our problems with the same way of thinking that we used when we created them. Did you know that most people know what they don’t want, don’t like and [...]

It’s Wednesday and it’s time for “Manufacturing Leadership Minute” with Karin and Adrian. Make sure to watch our video by clicking the link below: VIDEO ⇒ Time flies. Week after week goes by. If [...]

Lately, a lot of people have asked me about a good strategy on how to motivate people. External motivation (carrot and stick) is a method that used to work well during the industrial age. [...]

In a world where both adults and children spend a significant portion of their day staring at their phones, it has become increasingly important for people to: learn social skills build rapport, [...]

Do you know “difficult” people? Can you be “difficult” at times? Of course, we can all be. Years ago I heard from someone that there are only 2 kinds of people in our [...]

What is it about us humans that we always expect the worst-case scenario? What makes it so difficult for us to simply expect good things to happen?  Why do we rarely take the time to visualize [...]