How to Ask Smart Questions
We want you to be able to ask smart questions with confidence. To avoid coming across as underprepared or out of touch, check out our tips for developing thoughtful, important questions. We’ve all heard the phrase, “There are no bad questions.” But is that really true? While your questions might not be inherently “bad” per […]
Steps to Increasing Your Emotional Intelligence
It’s natural (and normal) for our emotions to fluctuate throughout the day. One minute you might feel exhilarated because you crushed your “steps” goal, while the next you might feel defeated because you didn’t get your to-do list complete or missed a deadline. But you can decide to step off the emotional rollercoaster that exhausts […]
Using Your Talents to Benefit Others
How do you use your talents? Your answer is probably something along the lines of, “I use them to do my job every day, of course.” Or you might say, “I use them to pursue my passions.” Both answers are certainly warranted, but what if there’s a greater purpose for the talents we have? How about […]
Building Better Friendships
People need friendships. Whether you consider yourself an introvert or an extrovert, we all require genuine friendships to make life just a little bit easier on ourselves. Friendships are great for our health, as well! Science proves that adults with strong social ties have reduced risk for health issues like depression, high blood pressure, and unhealthy body […]
Unique Ways to Increase Your Family Connection
In the “go, go, go” world we live in, it’s hard to find time to do it all. Family connection is so important, but with clashing schedules and a mile-long to-do list, it can feel like you have no time to squeeze in a family dinner or game night, no matter how hard you try. […]
Conflict Resolution … Don’t Let It Keep You Up at Night
Tension. We all know it. We all feel it. Many of us dread it … especially when it involves a disagreement, miscommunication, or conflict with someone else. Awkward silences … harsh voices … wondering what you could or should have said differently. Even just reading this paragraph probably made you uncomfortable. As much as we all dislike […]
Business Image Improvement—Changes Every Business Should Make
Everyone wants to make a good impression, and business image is no different. As much as we all want and strive to focus on the fact that “It’s what’s inside that counts” (as we definitely should), first impressions are important—especially in business. If you walk into a store and it takes 20 minutes for someone […]
Staying Positive Isn’t Just About Smiling More Often
Staying positive is not always our first instinct. In fact, our brains are hard-wired to lean toward overthinking and over-worrying—which, one might say, is pretty much the exact opposite of positive thinking. It might have made sense back in the hunter-gatherer days when danger lurked around every corner (and kept “realistic” [negative] thinking in our […]
Leadership and Communication … Our Top 5 Favorite Posts!
Building your leadership and communication skills isn’t always easy! We often hit a slump or a point in time when we can choose to either dig in or give up. We will always encourage you to take a breath and dig in. Will it make it easier? No, not really … BUT, it will always […]
Managing Expectations through the Highs and Lows
Oh, those expectations. They’ll let us down every time. Whether we have low or high expectations for any given situation, we’re creating standards or ideals about what will, won’t, or might happen—before it’s even happened! And sometimes our expectations are even about how someone else might react or what someone else might do or say. […]
