Surviving Winter Stress
About 1/2 of all Americans report feeling depressed in winter. Seasonal affective disorder can cause energy loss, grumpy moods and carb craving. Here’s how to beat the stress of winter!
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The $ Pizza Man
A Unique Way to Give Back This morning on the Today Show, they featured a gentleman named Mason who owns Rosa’s Pizzeria at 25 S 11th St Philadelphia, PA 19107. What is extraordinary about Mason and Rosa’s is that they only charge $1 for a slice of pizza. But even more extraordinary is that people tend to buy…
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The NO, NO, NO Woman
Recently, I was shopping at a retail store which had a big sale. (This was a week before Black Friday.) I had half an hour before my meeting and zipped in, found what I wanted and stood in a looonnnng line where only two cashiers were working. (Personal pet peeve- when you have a sale,…
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Dignity and Respect- For Yourself and Others
Helping Others Needs to Be a Two Way Street Most of us have been raised thinking it’s appropriate to be generous, kind, loving and helpful to others. In in today’s world with so much suffering, we are increasingly asked to reach out and help. And if we can and are willing to do so, without…
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Recharge Your Brain with Down Time
“We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly -spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.” Susan Taylor Access Your Creativity Through Quiet Time Most busy professionals have very little time for themselves. Deadlines, quotas, meetings, family, life obligations all take a toll on our…
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Turn Anger into Action Without Losing Your Clarity
Anger is a natural response to injustice, loss, or perceived threat. In moments of collective stress or personal frustration, anger often signals that something deeply matters. The challenge is not eliminating anger, but deciding what we do with it. Unprocessed anger hardens into bitterness. Directed anger, however, can become fuel for meaningful action, leadership, and…
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Want to Get Fired Up?
October is International Fired Up! Month “Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.” Dada Vaswani I created this month in 1997 to celebrate attitude and success. Your positive attitude determines your success in life, and we know from the research that optimists sell 56%…
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Leaders and SacrificeBuilding Resilient Leadership
In his book Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek argues that true leaders are willing to sacrifice for their people. They protect those in their care. They put the needs of others ahead of personal comfort or recognition. This idea is not sentimental. It is structural. Sustainable leadership depends on what a leader is willing to…
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How Leaders Fail
“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” Peter F. Drucker The Biggest Mistakes Leaders Make Most leadership failures are not a single dramatic event. They are small, repeated breakdowns in trust, empathy, and communication…
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Why Sitting is So Bad for You
Many people are now sitting more than 9 hours a day- eek…! Our bodies were crafted for us to be upright, All this sitting is highly dangerous. According to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, sitting for long periods increases your risk of all-cause early death. In fact, it has been…