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If it were easy, everyone would do it…
If it were easy, everyone would do it. And it would already be done. Face it, 90 percent of the time the easy stuff has…
August 23, 2011“The Pied Piper of Happiness”
Joseph Peter creates handmade “Books of Happiness” in what he calls the Happiness Factory at the intersection of Bleecker and Lafayette Streets in Manhattan. Individual…
August 19, 2011Beyond Calories
Three and a third (3.35) pounds every 4 years, or almost seventeen (16.8) pounds in twenty years. That is what could happen to you if…
August 15, 2011Allotrion
Allotrion is defined as an idle pursuit that distracts from serious responsibilities. I ran across the word in a New York Times Book Review* and…
August 1, 2011Attitudes are Contagious
Whether or not we realize it, we spend most of our lives on one stage or another. We are always under observation. Our behaviors, speech,…
July 26, 2011Less Stress, More Success
Stress is not an event but rather a learned, perhaps even a chosen, reaction to an event. Or even just its possibility. Telling a person…
July 25, 2011Accessing Collective Intelligence
A lot of smart people work for The Collier Companies. My fellow Team Members possess an incredible collective storehouse of knowledge and ideas, a treasure…
June 28, 2011Happy Your Way Through Problems
“Happy your way through problems” does not mean being a Pollyanna or ignoring reality, but it does mean that you do not have to put…
June 27, 2011Don’t See The Wall
Don’t see the wall, don’t give in to the wall, don’t believe in the wall, don’t let the wall own you. The wall is any…
June 22, 2011Are You Sleeping Through the Good Parts?
Lots of people complain they do not have enough time but what they really mean is they do not have enough energy. They come home…
June 15, 2011Coat & Tie vs. Global Warming: Which One Wins?
A recent New York Times article dealt with a 30-day experiment raising the thermostat settings (72 to 77 in general, 70 to 75 in conference…
June 14, 2011