Courage In The Workplace
For many people in today’s workplace, security is their primary concern: A steady job; an acceptable income; manageable job responsibilities; predictable expectations. And who can ...
Keeping Faith During Adversary
Practicing one’s faith in the pragmatic, bottom-line business and professional world, where seeing is believing, is difficult enough. Faith is especially hard to come ...
You Do Not Need To Do All The Work
Tractors all over the midwestern United States and in agricultural areas around the world are roaring to life, starting their annual pilgrimage into the fields. ...
You – And Your Work – Matter To God
Maybe you are a high achiever, the type of person that receives ample recognition from your company for your performance. You have received numerous promotions, ...
Taking Advantage of Proprietary Knowledge
In the 1970s the photo processing and printing company my wife and I owned was one of the first to buy a Kodak Royalprint print ...
Dividends of Employee Happiness
An organization called “Delivering Happiness at Work” had some great insights that were outlined in a Wall Street Journal article about happy employees. A study ...
Of Fool and Foolishness
When was the last time you did something foolish at work? We have all dabbled in foolish behavior at one time or another, perhaps more ...
Tension Between Working And Waiting
Although I have never met a mystic, that seems like a good job to have. Sitting around all day, just thinking, occasionally coming up with ...
Tips For An Effective Life-Investing Checkup
In last week’s “Monday Manna” we considered the concept of viewing success in life and work from the perspective of an investor. One of the ...
How Are You Investing Your Life?
Over the last 20 years I have been around some very successful CEOs from a purely business standpoint. Some of these people have taken very ...
Bright Ideas – Sometimes From Unlikely Sources
Suggestion boxes at companies are being replaced by online idea-submission systems, according to the Wall Street Journal, a respected business periodical. These systems not only ...
How Good Are You At Worrying?
One of the great wonders of the workplace is the variety of talents and abilities we observe. Some people are natural leaders, others find it ...
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