I recently had a friend of the family staying over at my home for a long weekend. What started out as a pleasantly sociable first evening soon turned into a nightmare. It wasn’t that my visitor was rude or slobby, even though it seemed like it initially. Rather, I realized he was someone with a lack … Read more
How many times have you heard or read about the importance of work life balance and said to yourself, I can do that? I know you genuinely want to accomplish that goal because, after all, all work and no play make life seem dull. The work-life balance concept isn’t new and does sound appealing—in theory. The truth of … Read more
Size matters. The more you have, the better. Many people seem to think that size and more is better, in every way. But is this really true? Is it quantity over quality, or is it really quality over quantity? My mom taught me from an early age that I should focus on quality – in … Read more
Living without a sense of what we’d like to accomplish within the days, weeks, months, or years ahead has a way of making us feel out of place. Don’t you think? We begin to question if we belong, what’s our true purpose in life, and how can we live on purpose. Mission statements can help us … Read more
When I had my first child, I remember preparing a bag of sweets as a reward for them when they finished first grade. It was the night before their little graduation ceremony, and I recalled all the times my own mom had rewarded me with sweets. I had not learned about intrinsic motivation and how … Read more