perspective

Oil and Water People in the Office

Are members of your staff like oil and water – not mixing well enough to become a team? As a manager, you’ve seen the stress involved, and are not immune to their feelings as well as the pressure from your … Continue reading

Early in life teachings

Early in life we are taught to play nice and follow the Golden Rule. As we grow up and enter the business world, we find out that there are different ways to play nice. Others (or our own) behaviors can … Continue reading

Surface Level or Deep Thinker?

Think of your staff … each one uses a different thought process  when faced with a challenge. Some will look at the personal side and how it will affect the team, others look at the situation from a strictly-business perspective.  … Continue reading

What You See Does Not Currently Exist

According to the History Channel’s program “The Universe – Light Speed” …. Laura Danly, Griffith Park Observatory Curator in LA: Because it takes time to travel, we’re able to look back in time, the further out we look in distance, … Continue reading

When Does The Future Change?

From the movie “Next” with Nicholas Cage “Here’s the thing about the future. Every time you look at it, it changes because you looked at it. And that changes everything else.” Think about it. If you knew what would happen … Continue reading

High Priority Emails … are they?

For hours today I was at my computer trying feverishly to clear out my inbox. Some of my ‘unread’ emails I had already taken care of [thank goodness, although there were not nearly enough of those], some had to be … Continue reading

Reinforcing “Hip!” “Paw!”

My recent trip to the Houston Zoo was quite fascinating.  Because it was a cloudy day and rain was predicted, there were very few people walking around.  We were fortunate to chat with one of the big cat trainers as … Continue reading