BELIEVE IN YOURSELF What does it take for you to believe in yourself? Something as simple as looking in the mirror? Or something more? How about accomplishments? There’s nothing like “proving yourself” to make believing a positive reality. Pick a reachable objective or goal and go make it happen. Then pick an impossible one and…
Lamenting the “State of the Workforce in 2016”, I shared with our Business Owners’ Advisory Board (BOAB) my feedback from the state Workforce Development (WFD) Office, which indicated that the main problem in WFD is finding prospects with ANY INCLINATION AT ALL to BE “Developed”. An astute member of the group said she is not…
One of the biggest challenges for teenagers and young adults (which is not recognized as a challenge “in the trenches”, of course) is how to productively utilize UNSCHEDULED TIME. Point of Reference The foundational premise here that there is no such thing as “FREE TIME”. What kind of time are we talking about? If you…
The tough part about life is the ABSOLUTES: Two plus two is four, and no more! Half of two twice is half of four once. And how about this … “Everything you deserve is going to take everything you’ve got!” For starters, our genes are our genes. That’s it! We’re absolutely and unequivocally stuck with…
[Thanks to Bill Moore for planting this seed in his weekly sermon!] In 1958, Lloyd’s Bank of London undertook a study to find out what happens to a typical batch of paper clips as they are released throughout the workforce. Out of their original batch of 100,000 paper clips, they found that: 3,916 were used…