Motivational

What are you passionate about? Passion is what drives us. It’s what gets us up and keeps us going. The things you are passionate about are the things that will make you successful. As we reflect this month on humility in leadership, I want to provide some insight into how you use your passion and […]

Change is inevitable. When you’re expecting it, the transition can feel easy. When you’re not, it can be devastating. Either way, how do you deal with change? Without question, your perception of change influences your response to it. Will the shift produce a positive or negative outcome for you? Will it be challenging, causing you

Work hard and be successful. Work hard and overcome. Work hard… or lose your livelihood. That’s what performance expert Tony Schwartz finds in today’s prevailing work styles: a do-more-with-less, no-slacking environment that paradoxically undermines efficiency. In his book The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance, Schwartz and co-authors

When it comes to habits for healthy living, it’s no secret most of us could be doing a lot better. And the fact is, we have to do better. As of 2020, 41.9% of adults are considered obese, 12.5% of Americans over the age of 18 smoke and just over 25% are physically inactive, according

Digital nomads can typically move around without compromising their job security, working remotely and often with flexible work hours. While it was mostly self-employed freelancers taking advantage of this kind of lifestyle, the number of employed workers has increased over the years. As long as they have access to Wi-Fi, a digital nomad can work

While the origin of the term “dry January” is debatable, the first large-scale movement for an alcohol-free January was started a decade ago by Alcohol Change UK. The organization hoped that by taking a month off of drinking, participants would begin asking questions about their alcohol intake. The movement spread, gaining popularity among those wishing

Have you tried to set up a budget to manage your money in the past but just felt frustrated and hopeless? You’re not alone. Budgeting often brings up images of someone diligently entering numbers on a spreadsheet and trying to get the math to come out right. In your mind’s eye, you might already feel

As you open a great metropolitan daily to learn what the world was doing yesterday, it may not occur to you that the paper on which the newspaper is printed was, but a few days ago, the living fiber of the spruce trees of some north­ern forest. Tear off a corner of a page, examining

A chocolate-glazed doughnut followed by a sleeve of Mallomars makes you happy, you say? We don’t doubt it. We also don’t doubt that once the sugar high crashes, you won’t feel very happy at all. There’s no doubt that what you eat and drink affects how you feel, not just physically but mentally. Anyone who

Despite your best efforts, a professional career will never be easy. You’ll encounter a bevy of new situations and confront countless complex problems that you’ve never tackled before. And no matter how much you’ve prepared, studied or experienced, you’ll inevitably face circumstances where all that front-end work still leaves you feeling ill-equipped. I’ve felt that