What’s Your State of Heart?

What’s Your State of Heart?

We often refer to our State of Mind (cue Billy Joel). But I’ve come to believe that our State of Heart must be in the right place, too.   Sure, it’s important to be in the right state of mind when approaching a new challenge or tackling a particularly hairy...
What is Time Perception?

What is Time Perception?

The other day, my daughter made an astute observation about what she referred to as “time perception”. You know how time seems to slow when you’re doing something you don’t love, but the weekends just seem to fly by?  When I probed on the phrase, she...
Should you hire your friends?

Should you hire your friends?

Absolutely. After all, if you’re both thriving at work and the chemistry sparks, many of those you weren’t friends before, will soon become your friends. So, aren’t we just fooling ourselves if we believe we can really separate friendship from the workplace? On...
Hope in the workplace.

Hope in the workplace.

Hope is such an important word. It’s something we might expect to hear uttered in a hospital or social institution. But we don’t often hear about hope in the workplace. I remember my earlier days in P&G doing monthly business reviews – one particular boss...