Busy Traveler? You Can Fit Exercise into your Trips! - Part 3

Hopping in and out of planes is exercise enough, you say. But that’s not the kind of exercise that will condition your heart, make your reflexes and joints more fluid, keep the sugar levels or keep you from swinging from one mood to another! Nor is it the kind of exercise that will make you euphoric after a good cardiovascular session. You need to counteract the effects of jet lag, artificial air in pressurized aircraft cabins and sky fatigue. Suzanne Schlosberg says, “Sometimes... Read more »

Our Skating Trip Confirms My ‘WHY’

I have 2 young boys. The oldest is in Kindergarten. A couple of months ago my eldest had a field trip with his class to go skating at a rink. Now, in his short life, he had never skated before ; )… but, as most young boys of 6 years believe, they can do anything and do it as well as someone who’s been doing it for years! They have a ‘take on the world’ attitude that makes all possibilites possible! The day arrived. With the entire kindergarten class, we arrived at the... Read more »

Assessing Physical Damage and Accepting the Importance of Exercise - Part 1

Do you think of your body the way you think of your car? When a few lucky individuals acquire a sports car that boasts of the best automotive engineering available today, watch them read the maintenance manuals religiously. They take their car for inspection even if it purrs like a kitten and take it for repairs as soon as something does not feel right. And they’re very concerned. That car is their most prized possession, a symbol of all the long and hard hours they put on the job so they... Read more »

How To Fit Exercise Into Your Busy Schedule - Intro

Let me be the first to tell you, if I can fit exercise into my busy schedule of being on the road flying all around the US for 20 out of 30 days a month, YOU CAN TO! Did I hear you say fitting exercise into your busy schedule? That’s as absurd as saying that there are eight days in a week right?! First, you’ve never exercised before or engaged regularly in a sport; second, you’ve never been into the fitness crowd and have had meager time for such pursuits, and third, you’re... Read more »

Tips On Re-Entering The Workforce

Re-entering the work force after a long hiatus gets you into a spot tighter than would otherwise be. Your apprehension is not entirely without reason. There will soon be complex questions staring you in the eye concerning your adaptability after a long time off from the workforce. This situation applies equally to both women and men. You have to sharpen skills you probably lost or acquire new skills if you are changing careers. Assessing What Awaits You As a first step in your preparation you need... Read more »

7 Tips To Help You Maintain Your Discipline While Working at Home

The good news about working for yourself is that you don’t have a boss breathing down your neck. The bad news about working for yourself is that you don’t have a boss breathing down your neck. Working for yourself can be great, but it can also be frustrating, especially if you don’t feel that your self-discipline is in good working order. Self-employment gives you more flexibility to decide when you will go to work, what your priorities are, and when you need to take a break. But... Read more »

Eliminate Stress with Some Not So Common Sense

There are several things people can do to mitigate the stress and strain that can happen in the work place. One needs to remind their self of the purpose. On those days when you have several meetings and all the rest of it, remember what the larger purpose is, and recommit yourself to that larger purpose. That in itself is protective. Another thing you can do is to develop new skills. What can you refine that would make you feel that you’re doing a better job everyday. Some of those skills... Read more »

Business Coaching #1 - Small Steps Coaching

If you want to initiate change in your life, start small. This has long been been my personal philosophy, but one I found I had to defend when applying it to business. In business, people tend to want to think big, project big, a big logo - they present themselves big to imply that great results will follow. I took comfort in the Chinesse philosopher, Lao Tze’s wisdom: “If you want to be fast, go slow” and it all fell into place, as his solid explanation justified my approach. It... Read more »

You Need No College Degree To Run A Home Business

Many people have often thought that in order to run a home business you need to have gone to college or have a college degree. Well, this is something that can not easily be solved with a simple yes or no answer, because like everything it depends on the circumstances. First of all, going to college can do wonders for getting a regular job. Many employers look at what you did in college as a way to judge whether you are right for the job or not and many employers will pick someone who has gone to... Read more »

Acheiving Success In Life

There are many people in this world who are in jobs that they hate. They do not like to get up every day and go to jobs that they do not enjoy and they simply are not happy doing jobs that they do not have any interest in. These people are not happy at work, which means that they struggle to be happy when they are not at work, as it is often hard to separate work from life and most people find it very difficult to make sure they are not bringing their attitudes about work into their out of work lives.... Read more »