The Value of True Downtime Why Leaders Must Unplug to Think Clearly Constant connectivity creates constant cognitive load. Email, messaging, notifications, and social feeds compete for attention and fragment focus. Over time, this doesn’t just create fatigue — it quietly erodes the strategic clarity, creative thinking, and emotional regulation that effective leadership requires. Research and…
AT & T Did Not Make This Customer Happy Have you ever had the experience of dealing with someone where you just could not get anywhere and you were incredibly frustrated, maybe even furious? Enter AT&T business, whom I have used for decades. When we moved to Florida , I set up my business account…
Reference Points of Success We all have times when we doubt ourselves, when life throws us a new curve ball and we just don’t know how to handle it. And frequently that means stress, anxiety, and self-doubt. Self-doubt often shows up during moments of transition: new roles, higher visibility, difficult decisions, or unfamiliar expectations. It is rarely…
Are you massively dehydrated? In many parts of the world, water is a rare and precious commodity. 780 Million people lack access to clean water. And yet in the Western world, we take it for granted, waste it on our lawns and forget to hydrate ourselves. Every cell in our body depends on water to function…
Proactive Strategy and Collaboration Make a Huge Difference Do you ever feel you are at the mercy of others when it comes to meeting your deadlines? Are you frequently caught short in terms of time or resources because one of your clients waited until the last minute to ask for your help? Does one of…
Are You a Success in Your Own Eyes? Not long ago, I lunched with an extraordinary young woman who was finishing an internship at a battered women’s shelter. The experience had changed her completely — she had decided to become a social worker. She asked me about my own life, my choices, the path I…
Human beings are master control freaks; we all want what we want when we want it the way we want it- myself included. The problem is that other people have their own timetables and needs, and frequently, they conflict with ours. An important lesson I continue to learn is to let go of control- on any…
Have you ever been to a restaurant with a huge menu? I have and it just frustrates me because there is too much to focus on. Most of us think that “more” is always better. But recent research indicates that is not the case. In the book Switch by Chip and Dan Heath, authors of…
When Work Stress Becomes a Health Risk Chronic work stress is not just exhausting. Over time, it becomes physiological. When pressure remains constant and recovery never happens, cortisol stays elevated, sleep erodes, decision-making declines, and immune resilience weakens. Burnout is not a character flaw. It is a biological response to sustained overload. If you are…
What are your true priorities? Most of us are overwhelmed at work every day with “To Do” lists that never end. Mike Vardy, author and blogger, says to approach your list differently. He says make a list of the top things you need to do this week, including work, family, personal, etc. with the answers to the question “Why do it” after each. Knowing the…