We’re morphing into the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, aren’t we? Heat and humidity are in the forecast, but they don’t have to carry over into work relationships and your performance on the job. Chickens peck at each other. Let’s not. As it turns out, there are easy ways to defuse hot situations. First […]
Author: Saralee Rhoads
When Life Gets a Little Full
Life is like living under the bigtop for all of us these days. The pressure gets to feeling extreme. We get that. Family obligations, friends, personal needs and jobs swirl into just too much sometimes. What if I told you there was a way to prevent that overload? Well, buckle your seatbelts and hang on! […]
Your Work Matters
We’re looking at a shortened work week and the celebration of the 4th of July, but look at the broader picture. We all admire the sacrifices made by early patriots like Patrick Henry, “Give me liberty or give me death!” Nathan Hale inspires us, “I regret that I have but one life to give […]
The Two Second Countdown
We live in a visual world, don’t we? Facebook caters to this, with lots of graphics and a proliferation of memes. Longer articles are subjected to narrow little columns and discourage the average person flipping through their feed for whatever shouts for attention. This is also true when it comes to your job as a […]
When Less Is Actually More
Have you ever been accused of being the Eager Beaver type? If you are working at a part time gig to supplement your income, you just might fit into that category. We all live busy lives. One of my favorite sayings is, “I always wanted to live a full life, I just didn’t realize it […]
Life Is A Balancing Act
Do you ever feel like you wear too many hats? How many balls are you frantically juggling as you face another week of way too many responsibilities? Life is just like that. We all smile when we remember our younger selves, longing for the carefree days of adulthood, thinking that without school and homework […]
June in This 2020 World
We crept gingerly out of isolation into a world roiling with anger. From protests to division over how the pandemic has been handled, on the surface we look like a nation divided. The response of each person is punctuated with frustration and concern over the unknown. At times we feel fragile and insignificant, yet in […]
What Have We Learned?
Our 2020 grads enter a changed world, and so do we, as we struggle to reopen businesses and revive the economy. Most of us left high school and entered a landscape we recognized. Today we all face a changed world and adapting to that change lies incumbent upon all of us. What are the lessons […]
Those Pesky Flying Monkeys
If you’re a lover of the Wizard of Oz, you’re familiar with flying monkeys. These creatures existed under the dominion of the Wicked Witch of the East and did her bidding, almost as if they had no will of their own. When her spell was broken, we see a very different mindset portrayed. Let’s talk […]
Squirrels in the Workplace
When we moved to our new home I quickly realized it was infested with squirrels. These seemingly cute little creatures scamper across our deck all day long, they forage through the tomatoes as if we planted the crop just for them, and their antics taught me a lot about being a rep. First and foremost, […]