Comparing with others? “Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.” We all do it or have done it at some point in our lives. We compare ourselves to others and gauge where we are based on what we observe them to […]

If you are grieving a loss you can pass this information onto friends, family and, those well-intentioned folks looking to support you during your grief. If you are a family member or friend to someone living through grief, then perhaps the suggestions will be of help. When we’ve lost a loved one, we want to […]

On the surface, my very first record producer back in the mid nineties seemed like the perfect match for me, and I actually travelled, especially, to another city AND country to work with him. We’d previously agreed on a couple of hundred dollars to record four tracks but by the time we’d begun laying down […]

You might get upset or demoralized after you have been served a written warning. For someone who is trying to prove his importance in the company, it may not be that easy to accept however, one of its purpose is to give you a push to further improve your performance. If you are guilty or […]

It\’s a well established fact that getting and staying fit is best for you. While we live in this body we may as well live in it feeling good and looking good. Not many people will argue with that. There is, however, one problem. Getting fit is not the most exciting thing in the world […]

It is funny how you can walk down the street and hardly see any well kept shoes. Many people typically find the extra five minutes required to keep everything neat, tidy and presentable too big a commitment to carry out on a weekly basis. There are many benefits giving your footwear a good clean every […]

Negotiating shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to anyone as we learned to do this from a very early age. Whether it was negotiating to get that toy we saw on TV or whether it was to find a way to go out with our friends on a Friday night. Many of us […]

There is a famous saying that sums up what I am about to discuss. We have all heard the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” This statement is useful for spiritual purposes. Humans make snap judgments of people and situations based on their appearance. These are just surface assessments. They do not represent […]

People often repeat the quaint phrase “Go with the flow”. There are a number of different interpretations for this saying. This difference in interpretation accounts for the confusion in its meaning. The Urban Dictionary (www.urbandictionary) assigns the following definition to this saying: 1. To not push against prevailing behavior/norms/attitudes, occasionally including bowing to peer pressure. […]

Risk is the factor that kills most businesses off. Even if you’re lucky enough to get the capital to start, nearly 90% of all small businesses fail in the first year. If yours is one of the lucky ones, you have to keep reinvesting your time and money to build up the businesses reputation. It […]