August 4, 2011 Making Lemons from Lemonade Expectations are great…until they are not met. We all have certain expectations and when they aren’t met, we can’t help but feel let down —we hoped things might turn out one way, but they fell short. What happens when we disappoint the people for whom we work? Is getting a complaint from our boss or client really as bad as it seems? The answer is, surprisingly, both yes and no. Disappointments may arise from a miscommunication between two parties, where one party has higher or different expectations than the other party understands, or else may be unable to meet. If…
September 29, 2009 STOP PHONING IT IN …AND GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME! Do you periodically find yourself drifting off at work, not fully committing to the task at hand? Have you been guilty of “phoning it in?” If the answer is yes, you are not alone. Life seems to be full of distractions these days, emails, tweets, Facebook, text messages, and, at times, you may find yourself off task, off track. Well, pull your head out of your, well, you know what, and PUT YOUR GAME FACE ON. Now, more than ever, it is a great time, even necessary, for you to step it up at work. Stop making excuses, and start…
August 20, 2009 Stop Using Yoda as a Crutch… The Force is Strong with YOU With the down economy, do you find yourself having a negative, self-defeating attitude like Luke Skywalker had in The Empire Strikes Back? Yoda tries to get young Skywalker to use the force to lift his X-wing from the depths of the Dagobah swamp but Luke, a doubting Thomas, doesn’t really believe that he has the power to lift a bazillion pound ship out of the depths using only his mind. Sounds like a piece of cake, right? Luke tries and tries, while Yoda, his teacher/life coach is right there by his side the whole time, telling him he can do…
