Performance Enhancers
Organizational effectiveness. Employee engagement. Performance. Results. It all boils down to what makes a culture extra...Read More »
Author: The Pacific Institute
College: Still Worth It?
The U. S. Department of Labor published a report that stated what some of us already knew: a lot of college graduates ar...Read More »
Honesty 101
Parents, here’s a question for you. Based on what they are seeing in the news these days, if your kids had a class cal...Read More »
Knowing What We Want
Are there any keys to finding that “special” person, to fulfill a long-term relationship or marriage? If you are hav...Read More »
Dynamics of Greatness
You know, it really takes very little to make a big difference in our lives and in the world. Consider this: In prof...Read More »
Preventative Mental Medicine
While we are busy unlearning the worry syndrome, there is another syndrome we want to unlearn as well – the “if only...Read More »
Expressing Anger
These days, anger seems to sit right below the surface, for quite a few people. Finding a more constructive release for ...Read More »
Strength in Diversity
Tolerance. Compassion. Grace. Patience. Forbearance. Acceptance. All qualities cherished by successful societies through...Read More »
Getting Out of My Own Way
If you haven’t heard this before, here is your new word for today: scotoma. Its root is Greek and means “blindness...Read More »
Building a Better Me
We’ve been talking a lot about raising our children to help them become efficacious adults. We’ve talked about handl...Read More »
Just Be There
Loved ones die every day, and odds are that many of you reading this have recently dealt with this very situation. What ...Read More »
A Waste of Possibility
There is a lot of cynicism in the world these days, or maybe it’s always been there, it’s just easier to see in our ...Read More »
A Most Important Variable
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to see into a certain future? To be able to predict what will happen? How you will rea...Read More »
A Positive Imperative
Reacting to the pandemic, thousands of businesses were forced to close, or create some type of hybrid way of continuing ...Read More »
Growing Mighty Trees
The past year and a half has been a challenge to educators and parents, as they adapted to new ways of teaching because ...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Leadership Excellence = Performance Excellence
There is no doubt about it. The companies showing the others “how it’s done” are characterized by leadership that ...Read More »
Putting in the Work
Down through the years, there have been many stories and anecdotes about people who searched for the secret of life. Som...Read More »
Becoming Mentally Wealthy
After a year and a half of working our way through a global pandemic, a lot of concerns and insecurities have come to th...Read More »
The Art of Building Confidence
Self-confidence is one of the most important feelings any adult or child can experience. In fact, confidence in our abil...Read More »
Standing Taller, Mentally
All of us have comfort zones. A comfort zone is just a term used to describe the physical or psychological area in which...Read More »
Best Vitamin in the World
Why is it that some people seem to have a never-ending supply of energy? They get up feeling eager to get started and th...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Creating a Sense of Accomplishment
This final post of five, on the PERMA model for Well Being, covers the A – Accomplishment. When your team members are ...Read More »
Future Block
Do you remember when you were young and faced with having to write a paper for a class in school? Perhaps it was a long ...Read More »
Unreasonable Expectations
We all make mistakes. If we didn’t, if we were perfect, we’d be pretty boring to be around –
and frustrating and...Read More »
Am I My Behavior?
Imagine this scene: A three-year-old asks repeatedly, “Mama, do you love me?” Each time, Mom answers, “Of course I...Read More »
Renewable Personal Resource
We all have gifts that make us different, special, and allow us to add to the general well-being of those around us. Let...Read More »