Need A Push?

Anything is Possible By Unknown If there was ever a time to dare,
to make a difference,
to embark on something worth doing,
IT IS NOW.
Not for any grand cause, necessarily…
but for something that tugs at your heart,
something that’s your inspiration,
something that’s your dream.
You owe it to yourself to make your days here count. HAVE FUN. DIG DEEP. [...]

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Reward Your People

A message from Sandy. From John Maxwell’s book Developing the Leaders Around You, he discusses the importance of rewarding behaviors and qualities you value. Educational psychologist E.L. Thorndyke did work in behavior modification around the turn of the century. It led him to discover what he called the Law of Effect. Simply stated, it is [...]

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It All Begins With You!

A message from Sandy. Dealing with difficult people at work is a fact of life. Taking steps to make things better,  begins with you! You must be willing to accept , recognize, or play with the concept that the reason you are dealing with difficult people is because you have a part in it. You [...]

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Own It

“A man can fall many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” John Burroughs A message from Terry:  Things go wrong.  Despite our best planning and preparation, despite all of the precautions that we put in place, things all too frequently go wrong. It’s a fact of life. Few [...]

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Underestimating Yourself?

A message from Sandy. Your life can be bigger than you think, but there are a few things to remember: First —you can’t get it all done! (What! Who said that?) It’s just not possible–there will always be more to do. If you are one of those people who push through to complete your list [...]

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A STRANGE LITTLE RIDDLE – Part 2

Now, where were we…?  Oh yes! We were in the middle of figuring out how a dental office is like the Ryder Cup golf tournament. When we left our hero, Paul Azinger, he was ready to look in some unusual places to find a winning strategy for transforming the fiercely independent U.S. golfers into a [...]

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Has Your “Doubter” Taken Over?

A message from Sandy. There are many different aspects that live inside us——-two of them Marcia Wieder depicts as the Dreamer and the Doubter, from her book Dreams Are The Whispers From Our Souls.” When it comes to pursuing our dreams the Dreamer is often gung-ho while the Doubter can provide a laundry list of [...]

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It’s A State Of Mind

A message from Sandy. Some words of wisdom from John Maxwell’s book Failing Forward. As usual he nails it, asking the right questions and targeting and issue that can really make a difference in your everyday life. He tells us, “Failure is an inside job.”  So is success.(“Duh!” you say—-but it’s not so easy is [...]

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A Classic

The Will To Win If you want a thing bad enough 
To go out and fight for it, 
Work day and night for it, 
Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it If only desire of it 
Makes you quite mad enough 
Never to tire of it, 
Makes you hold all [...]

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What Do Post-It-Notes, Liquid Paper, & Columbus Have In Common?

A message from Sandy. All made mistakes. Post-It-Notes (and who can live without those?) came about because a scientist creating it didn’t get the stickiness of the glue quite right. Liquid paper was invented in a kitchen, by a typist, who wasn’t so good at typing, and Columbus set off for Asia and landed in [...]

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