Wake Up Call

Monday morning, like many mornings, I woke up in a hotel. A brand spanking new Comfort Inn Suites in Tampa , Florida. Like many mornings the phone rang at 6:30 and stirred me out of a deep sleep.   “Beeep -beeep – beeep -beeep,” was the first sound I heard.   Dumb-dumb-dumb. Here was the hotel’s…

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What Makes YOU Feel Good at Work?

According to my informal research people who feel good at work are more productive, like their jobs more, have better performance, are more likely to be creative, enjoy “going the extra mile,” and have more energy at the end of the day when they go home to be with their families or pursue hobbies and…

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All Fired Up

What are your strengths? Over the last year I’ve done some things that have some of my friends wondering about me. Maybe it’s that I’m getting better with age. Maybe it’s being afraid to age. Maybe it’s all these happiness coaches I hang out with and study with.   One of the things we learn…

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A Blessed Vacation

I sat down on the flight from West Palm Beach to Atlanta, shortly followed by my seat mates, a lovely couple from Chicago who were just coming from an anniversary celebration trip on Singer Island.

Not expecting much of a response I asked, “How was the vacation?”

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My Favorite Book

I had to call the bank the other day and ask the embarrassing question, “What’s my favorite book?”   The woman on the other end of the line didn’t understand, she said “Excuse me?”   “My favorite book, I need to know what it is… ah, was ” I said. “Apparently the favorite book I…

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Doing More With Less

I’m an “expert” columnist for Customer Advantage Newsletter and ever few weeks or months they send me questions which I answer. I almost always forget to publish those Q & A’s and so today with my new eyes on potential blog posts I answered one of their questions and then before filing it away said…

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