How to Set the Stage for Homework Success! While even the perfect working environment cannot guarantee that a student will want to do homework, creating a better place to work can help them focus on the task at hand. Setting up such an environment at home is as easy as following these simple strategies. READ [...]

When In Doubt, Give With the holidays approaching, the season of giving is upon us.  The old saying that “the more you give, the more you get” has certainly been true in my experience.  I grew up in a family of business people who valued volunteerism and being involved with the communities in which we [...]

Choosing the Right Dog for Your Family How to Choose the Right Breed for Your Family You’ve decided to add a dog to your family. This is a big commitment! Your mind might immediately fly to the supplies you’ll need. Leashes, food bowls, organic dog shampoo and other bath supplies, the list goes on. These [...]

Integrity: the Most Misunderstood Word! The word integrity is the most overused and misunderstood word in business. Many claim to have the upmost highest level of integrity when it comes to serving their customers, respecting their service partners and treatment of their employees but very few really know what the word means. By definition, integrity [...]

When You Meet an Idol We all grew up with idols. People we looked at and dreamed we could ‘be like’. What do you do when you meet one of your idols? From when we are very small, we have idols. People we admire. People we dress like, or talk like, or play sports like. [...]

3 Surefire Strategies to End Under Earning and Change Your Financial Circumstances The other day I was talking with my mother’s doctor about the upcoming Super Bowl game. I was telling him about a party I would be attending at a friend’s home. My friend lives in what some might call a mansion. It’s a [...]

I Love My Timer I love working with a timer!  Mine is actually an electronic timer that looks like an hour glass.  As a matter of fact I just set it, giving myself 15 minutes to work on this post. I have learned a lot about myself being self-employed and one of those things is [...]

Self-Love is Narcissism; Really? Self-love gets a bum rap. Why? It’s because of the way we define it as a culture, and since “perception is reality,” we start to believe that this is “just the way life is.” I looked up the definition of “self-love” on Dictionary.com, and it is defined as:  READ MORE…

This Just Doesn’t Seem Right! Don’t you hate the money equation dictating that it takes twice as much gain to recover from a financial loss? It doesn’t even seem to make sense, but it’s unfortunately true. Here’s what I mean: If you lose 50% of your retirement account, for example, then you have to earn 100% to [...]