The Value of a Pause

To stop momentarily. To give pause. To take a break. To emphasize a meaning. To hesitate. To dwell or linger. To rest. There is so much value in each of these meanings.  Yet, many see pausing as a sign of weakness, while we see it as a sign of wisdom, strategy, and...

Find your “Happy” in 2015

Welcome to 2015! What makes you happy?  That’s the question Shannon Kaiser, author of Find Your Happy, asked those she interviewed for her book.  She interviewed people from all walks of life and found that happy people make a choice to be happy, even when their...

A Passionate Employee is Infectious!

Imagine what it would be like if you and every employee in your workplace had this little boy’s level of enthusiasm about their work? I, Theresa, remember reading about Florence Nightengale, a nurse in the Crimean War in the 1850’s and...

When You Fall Flat on Your Face, What Do You Do?

This short, yet grainy, video may serve as inspiration for you this Monday morning as you watch what Heather Dorniden does as she competes in the Big 10 Indoor Track Championship Women’s 600 meter race.   What would you have done?  Would you have just given...

Are you an Opportunity Maker?

In a recent Ted Talk, Kare Anderson, invites the audience to consider being an “Opportunity Maker.”  What’s that?  An Opportunity Maker she defines as “someone who actively seeks out people who are unlike them, builds relationships with them,...