Category: Tips & Opinions

Future:  Does your past dictate your future? We tend to repeat the past and make the same mistakes – with work, with people, with relationships, etc. Many people seem to be facing forward but their feet are facing backward… I say that because they are trying to move forward in life while putting themselves back […]

Triggers:  Everyone has them.  They are things that come up in the present that remind us of the past and not in a good way. It can happen with friendships, but most of the time it happens with relationships – partners. Your ex has done something that caused you great pain and now you are with […]

Time Off: Do you get enough relaxation time – mentally and physically?  Do you allow yourself to do this? Prior to Covid and working from home, I know a lot of people that would put the OOO (out of office) message when they went on vacation, however, that message went something like this: “I will […]

Be Somebody:  Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody. That little saying says a lot. I have always said it a little different but it is similar… Be somebody who builds people up instead of tearing them down. I like how the first saying is put. It is something in our competitive world […]

5S Tip:  Outline your tools in marker or use the foam insert to show which tool goes where.  This is good for when a tool is missing you know which tool is not there quickly.  When you take a tool to do a job, the key is to make sure to bring it back and […]

15-minute cities:  This is a term I have recently become familiar with due to a conversation with a friend. It is an interesting comment and warrants some research, but is it feasible in Canada with its vastness? Not everyone works within a 15-minute walking or biking distance… If you are unaware of what a 15-minute […]

Promotions:  Promoting the wrong people will create an environment to lose your best people… When you are thinking of promoting people to a management or supervisory position – keep the following things in mind: Unfortunately, many people are promoted for the wrong reason… These are just a few examples, however, I believe you understand the […]

Take things for granted:  Often we wait till the last minute or too late to tell people how much we appreciate them. We wait until either someone is on their death bed to tell them or we wait until their funeral and tell others how much we loved someone, how much they impacted our lives, […]

Expanding your Business:  Easily said, not as easily done… There are many different ways to look at growth. You could merge or acquire another business which increases your customer base but that requires more than what some people are expecting to do, advertising, marketing, The key to business growth is strategizing and brainstorming. Taking the […]

Being Thankful: We tend to do this once a year on Thanksgiving – go around the table and say what you are thankful for. However, we should be doing it on a more regular basis. We should take time every day and think of one thing we are thankful for.  Just one.  You could do […]

Business Structure:  What does your business model & organizational chart look like? Is it working for you? Think of it a different way – again this is strictly my opinion… Do you think the way our current government is structured is working and serving our country?  I do not. Companies restructure, reorganize, and make changes […]

Honesty:  On a scale of 1-10, what level of honesty would you put yourself at with others? With yourself? I call it one degree off… It only takes a moment to slip into that one degree – a quick, simple, easy white lie and then you’re in it. One degree off starts out that way, […]