Category: Tips & Opinions

Advice:  What is the best piece of advice that someone gave you? At the many different phases of business – starting a business – a few years down the road – 10 years into it – or nearing retirement – people will always offer advice or opinions. Some of the opinions or advice will be […]

A Weekend Away:  Do you and your partner get enough undivided attention from each other and give enough of it to each other? These past two years’ getaways were harder but now with things opening up, I encourage you to spend some quality time together. Take a trip, go somewhere on the weekend, do something […]

Safety Manuals:  Are you involved in an industry where you are required to have a Safety Manual? Even if you are in an industry that doesn’t require these, there are many good aspects that could be incorporated into your business that would be beneficial. A Safety program keeps people accountable in many different ways.  There […]

Treasured: How do you treat someone special? This is an important part of everyone’s world.  It is a wonderful feeling to have someone treat you special, important.  We should do it for all those around us on a regular basis. We should do it for our partners, our kids, our family and friends. It is […]

Live Events:  As things get back to normal so to speak, we are starting to see things open up once again – conferences, conventions, trainings, meetings, etc. People can once again get together instead of experiencing it over the computer screen.  I must admit, many companies did a wonderful job at keeping the momentum up, […]

Going to the Races:  As we are going into race season here, I just thought I would mention a few things.  My son was involved in Motocross – which was a wonderful family experience.  I have many wonderful memories around that time in our lives. It is a lot of commitment, time, effort and money… […]

Dress for Success:  What does that mean to you? Questions to Ponder: How do you feel when you are wearing you pj’s? How do you feel in jeans and a t-shirt? Sweatpants? How do you feel in work clothes? Work boots? How do you feel in a suit? Dress shoes? How do you feel in […]

Emotions:  What are emotions to you, for you, in you? Our emotions can be soothing, helpful, calming, pleasant, positive and at times they can be aggressive, controlling, all consuming, negative, dangerous and so forth. Questions to Ponder: On a scale of 1-10, where do your emotions fit in you?  Do they control you? Do you […]

Onboarding: I believe there is a right way and a wrong way to onboard new employees. The wrong way and probably most common way is the sink or swim technique.  This technique consists of sharing the least amount of information while giving the new employee the best failure rate. Setting people up to succeed in […]

Let’s get physical:  How often do spend time doing something that provides a full body workout for you? Some people have gotten more physical in the last two years and have reached some of their goals.  Others, like myself have let themselves go a little more than before – with gyms being closed and a […]

Safety: With NAOSH week a month away, what have you planned to mark that week specifically for your company and industry.  The following excerpt was taken from https://www.youracsa.ca/news-events/naosh-week/) NAOSH Week (North American Occupational Safety and Health Week) was first launched in June 1997. During the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks, workplace safety within the […]

Pamper You:  Do you give yourself a spa day? Some people would say that they can’t afford to give that to themselves.  During the past two years when things were limited, I took this time to treat myself at home to things that I had previously done outside of the home. I dyed my own […]