"Over 70% of change efforts fail." -John Kotter, Harvard Business Review Many companies find that most change efforts fail due to employee resistance- and at the root of employee resistance is fear. We are all creatures of habit and we fear change. We fear the unknown. To have … [Read more...]
Prescription for Happiness
A Prescription for Happiness by Robert Louis Stevenson Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things. Make the most of your circumstances. No one has everything and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with the gladness of life. The trick is … [Read more...]
Stopping Explosive Reactions with an Intermission
Stopping Explosive Reactions with an Intermission The other day I was at my son's lacrosse tournament watching his team play on field five. As I was watching one boy run down the field swishing the ball back and forth in the little net on the end of his stick, I became … [Read more...]
Emotionally Strong: Is It Always a Good Thing?
Emotionally strong people don't cry. They don't get their feelings hurt. They are immune to feelings of rejection. They either don't feel emotional pain or they immediately get over it, pretending it doesn't exist. Right? Guess again. To remain emotionally strong as well as … [Read more...]
Life Is What You Make It
The following is an excerpt from my book The Snowball Effect: How to Build Positive Momentum in Your Life. Recently I watched a motivational talk presented by Amy Purdy. Life came to a screeching halt for Amy over a decade ago when she was diagnosed with meningitis and given a … [Read more...]