Why Do We Let People Steal Our Time?

Tweet10ShareShare616 Shares Thought of the day: Why do we let people steal our time? We get pretty upset when people steal our money… so why do we turn a blind eye when people steal our time? In fact, it is a pretty common occurrence for co-workers, bosses, even friends to steal our valuable time. “Dost […]

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Stop Answering the Phone!

Tweet5ShareShare27 Shares Once upon a time people rushed to answer phones.  For those old enough to remember, you had to get to the phone. At one point we did not have answering machines.  We did not have even have CallerID. So, if you didn’t get to the phone…you did not even know who called. ——- […]

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What Did You Forget to Pack?

TweetShareShare0 Shares On your last trip, what did you forget to pack? You would be amazed what people will forget: Socks Cell phone charger Workout shoes Maybe even their brain! (Some people have admitted to this…) Traveling can be stressful enough, but when you are disorganized and worrying about packing it only adds to your […]

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How early are you?

TweetShareShare0 Shares Trick question: When do you show up for the 9AM meeting? If you are like most people in the workplace, you shuffle around and or even get to work at 9AM and then head down the hall to the meeting. What happens?  People are wandering in for a good 5-10 mins.  They make […]

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Email – Only 5 lines?

TweetShareShare0 Shares If you Twitter a lot… you know that every character counts.  140 is not a lot to say. So, you find yourself omitting words, leaving out spaces, changing before to b4, etc. I wonder how much Twitter is changing our current langauge/communication styles?  Simple words like “very” are replacing fancy words like “extremely.” […]

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