Workplace Wisdom

Be Happy At Work ~ from Avera Health Try these 8 Ways to be happy at work Enjoy the little things that happen in your day. The compliment someone gave you on the insight you shared at the staff meeting. The big smile the customer gave you when they picked up their order. Recognize your […]

Criticism

Criticism is like a switchblade.  It whips out rather quickly and pierces the soul before you even realize what’s happened.  While sitting around the table with a large group of individuals, one person at the table began to obliterate a colleague.  Chopping down his performance, judging his interior motivation and minimizing his contribution to the […]

Thanks-for-giving      

Thanksgiving – a day when many gather to share an elaborate feast and reflect on the blessings of family and friends.  For some, it means watching larger than life balloons float down the streets of New York.  Still others look forward to football and recliners and naps.  There are, of course, those who use the […]

Join in the Great Thanksgiving Listen

Your Thanksgiving Gathering can be a Gift to America: Join in the “Great Thanksgiving Listen” Our conversations with each other at holiday gatherings can be tense. Sometimes those interactions become heated. This year we have an opportunity to focus our conversations differently. All Americans are invited to join in the second annual “Great Thanksgiving Listen” […]

Snowpocalypse? – Embrace the Change

We live in South Dakota.  Changing seasons are inevitable.  The first snow is upon us and we’ve gone from 60 (degrees) to freezing overnight, from tennis shoes to snow boots, from jackets to parka’s, from soccer balls to snow balls and lawn mowers to snow blowers.  If this has you feeling anxious and angry, here […]

Send Mr. Trump a Letter

  Since the election, parents across the political spectrum have told us their children are asking, “Why did someone who says mean things become president?” They weren’t sure how to respond to this question. We are taught from the time we are in preschool to have good manners: Treat others the way you want to […]