Are You an Addict?Are You an Addict?Are You an Addict? I’ve been doing quite a bit of productivity training lately, and I’ve heard so many people talk about their struggle with stress management. In The Power of Full Engagement, authors Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz make an interesting point: Stress is addictive. The hormone adrenaline…
I recently started reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, and it really got me thinking. Am I as happy as I could be? What does that even look like? How would I even know? She quotes a woman named Collette: “What a wonderful life I’ve had! If only I’d realized it earlier.” Will that be me? Will I look back when I’m 80 and realize I had been happy all along?
It’s ironic, I actually bought this book for my son Evan over five years ago. We used to play that game, the one where I would grab his hand and lovingly have him hit himself, and I would say, “Stop hitting yourself”. He would giggle, and I would say, “Come on, stop hitting yourself!”, and…
Take This Job And (Part Deux)Take This Job And (Part Deux)Take This Job And (Part Deux) Last week, we began looking at ways to survive a bad boss. The response to the post was amazing. It appears there are many of us who can relate. So here are 5 more tools for your tool box:…
Have you ever driven for miles and miles, only to realize you’re going in the wrong direction? Talk about frustrating! I think the biggest difference between an everyday trip and our life is that when we realize we’re going the wrong way on a trip, we turn around as soon as possible so that we don’t waste time.