What can kids on the playground teach you about managing your employees? A lot. (And probably not what you think!) On Friday morning, I was heading back to the office after some morning errands when I drove by my son’s school and saw the kids outside on the playground. I needed to get back to […]
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As featured on MarketWatch.com, the somewhat contrarian advice of inspirational speaker, Shawn Ellis, is being called a “breath of fresh air” by attendees of his “This Moment Matters” seminar and keynote presentation. There’s no question that heavy workloads are getting people down: The accelerating pace and complexity of life and work today has 63 percent
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In recent years, it seems that everywhere you turn someone’s talking about happiness. (Even me.) There are well over 30,000 books on the subject at Amazon.com, like: The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun The
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Since 1999, I’ve had the privilege of working with many top speakers, best-selling authors and thought leaders. Recently, I asked a select group of them this question: “What’s your best advice to live a better life and build a better business in 2013?” I compiled their wisdom into an ebook titled “Good Advice” which you
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Stuck in a job you don’t like? You’re not alone. When The Conference Board conducted their annual job satisfaction survey for 2009, only 45 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with their jobs — down from over 61 percent who said they were satisfied when the survey was first conducted in 1987. And get
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