Category: Tips & Opinions

Volunteers:  Does your company utilize and require volunteers?  If so, a key element to keeping, maintaining and sustaining volunteers is having an organized environment.  Many businesses operate with the advantage of incorporating volunteers, especially for fund raising and as support staff.    Many people like to volunteer and enjoy the feeling of making an overall difference […]

Unified Front:  It is highly important when dealing with customers, that the business have a unified front, especially those front facing.  If different departments or individuals are giving different advice, pricing or information to the customer, that causes confusion and then the customer doesn’t know who to trust or believe.  Make sure your team has […]

Work Clothes Allowance: Some companies have this, and some don’t.  If you require your staff to purchase items that they only need for working there, you should consider giving them a clothing allowance.    For example:  steel toe work boots.  If people are required to purchase these in order to work in the business, they should […]

Injured on the Job:  If you get injured at work, do you report it?  Some do and some don’t.  What I am trying to bring your attention to is this; it may not be a big thing now and you may be able to live with it or it just affects your life for a […]

Pain is relative:  What does that even mean?  Pain is pain – something that hurts – whether it be physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, pain is pain and there are many different types of pain.  Some pains are debilitating –which means it stops you where you are and does not allow you to move – again […]

Nature:  This last week, I have been out in my yard, getting ready for fall and winter!!  I have been spending time weeding my garden, taking off the dead leaves or stems and cultivating the ground around the root to give it the best start for the spring season.  Last year, I removed a majority […]

Online Safety:  As I was working on the Business Tip / Opinion of the day – the 4 R’s of safety, I came across this interesting website and it gave me the idea to share and discuss this topic.  The 4 R’s of online safety, which I am just learning about after reading this article.  […]

Taking out the Trash: This is something we do on a regular basis – whether at home, in the office or workplace. You may not personally take it out but it goes out when it needs to which ends up being quite regularly. Once it is taken out, it is gone for good. This concept […]

Root Cause:  When you read that – what comes to mind?  Think about it as a tree – the root of the tree, the trunk, the limb, the branches, the twigs, the leaves and possibly fruit.  Many times in life we look at the symptoms instead of the cause.    Using a health example – we […]

One of those days:  Ever have one of those days…  We all tend to know what that little phrase means.  It means that absolutely everything that could go wrong does and no matter how hard you try or don’t try – that theme continues throughout the day.  Well, yesterday was “one of those days for […]

Living the Dream…  I just want to elaborate on the previous post and take it to another level.  Are you? or is it just a sarcastic phrase you say to yourself and others?  Think about it…  What would make that statement come to life in your life?  Questions to Ponder:  Are you happy?  Are the […]

Time is short…  Today’s post is like that.  Since the beginning of this year, I have personally known quite a few people that have passed away.  All between the ages of 48 – 66.  Too young…  After the pandemic and that, it gets you thinking differently or at the least it changes your perspective.  Time […]