Category: Tips & Opinions

Habits:  Defined as something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it: and I would add that it is usually something that is hard to stop doing, especially because a lot of the time you don’t notice that you are in fact doing it! https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/habit Habits can be learned, they can come […]

Health & Safety:  This has been a hot topic for many companies in the last decade as Safety has taken precedence over a lot of things – which is important. There are many aspects to Health & Safety in the workplace. One of the hardest things has been changing the culture.  Health & Safety is […]

Instant Gratification:  In this world of instant gratification, we have come to expect results to whatever it is we are working on to be instant. For Example: weight loss or even weight gain for some, results from working out, results from starting a business, etc. We may not see the results immediately, but don’t quit. […]

Longevity and Loyalty Long Gone? Years ago, people tended to work in one place, collect their pension after their 20, 30 or 40 years of service and were fairly happy at the end of it. In more recent years, people tend to stay anywhere from 2 to 10 years and then end up switching companies […]

Carpe Diem: Seize the Day… What does that mean to you specifically… To me, it means living life to the fullest. We have heard the term all our lives and then in 1989 the movie Dead Poets Society – utilized this phrase and most people refer to it now in context with that movie. In […]

Job Security:  This is an interesting topic. I’ve seen a lot of different avenues, thoughts and ideas on this. First Category:  Some people believe that by hoarding their workload and being the only person able to do the job creates an atmosphere of job security. Second Category:  Others are quite the opposite – they mentor, […]

Problems:  Problems are a temporary, which causes temporary emotions.  Making decisions during this time, is something you really have to think about. Since problems are a temporary thing, you have to think about them in this mind frame – will this still be affecting me in this way in 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, […]

Self-Care:  Do you take care of you enough on a day to day basis? What little daily changes can you do to make you more of a priority? We often feel that if we are taking care of ourselves, that we are being selfish. Think of what is announced before the airplane takes off about […]

Software Tip:  As we utilize our software, we usually use it to the best of our ability and knowledge, but there are so many more things we can do with it.  Whatever it is – Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), an accounting software, a CRM, etc., take time to watch different tutorials as to […]

Control:  Are you in control of your life or does life seem to be controlling you? Are you in a perpetual motion of life passing you by and you seem a little out of control?  Only you have the power to change that! Many people sit in the passenger seat of their life, while others […]

5S Tip:  When I would do my presentation on Lean 5S; what it stands for and what difference it makes to your work place, this exercise was the best tool I included in the presentation for the easiest explanation and understanding. I have provided a link in which to complete in your business with your […]

Being Stuck:  Sometimes you are in a position where you are not moving forward.  Those times can create different struggles. However, in that moment, stop where you are and take a good look around… are you: There have been times in my life where I have definitely been stuck and not moving forward. Those are […]