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3 Easy Steps to Focus on Your Work-Life Priorities

3 Easy Steps to Focus on Your Work-Life Priorities3 Easy Steps to Focus on Your Work-Life Priorities3 Easy Steps to Focus on Your Work-Life Priorities With all the discussion about how to achieve work-life balance, we have overlooked a big problem with this idea: our lives are not supposed to be balanced with equal time…

A Leadership Lesson from Toilet Paper

So how do you learn to lead more effectively from a roll of toilet paper?  We all have unspoken expectations.  In this case, it’s how the toilet paper should go, but in life, it can be just about anything.  I have learned that most people don’t fail to meet your expectations because they can’t, not because they don’t want to, or not because they don’t care, but because they don’t know what your expectations are.

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On The Lighter Side

This experience has been the most challenging I’ve ever had, but it has also been one of the most meaningful learning opportunities I’ve experienced. While there have been a lot of emotional and stressful times, there have also been moments on the lighter side.  I’ve learned that it is much easier to survive difficult times when you take time to find the positive moments.