I get asked this question a lot. Rarely are people pleased with my answer: Work. Yep, that’s it. Work. It’s not attitude or passion or loving what you do. Those […]
News
Your Life is Exactly the Way You Want it to Be
Chances are that you go to work, come home, eat a little unhealthy food, watch four or five hours of television, go to bed, don’t sleep well and then get […]
The Science Behind Phone Numbers
Do you know why phone numbers are written like the Brainier office phone number 800-487-3393, with the breaks in the numbers? Research released in 1956 by Dr. George Miller shows […]
5 Simple Scrappy Ideas People Have Used to Move Their Intentions Forward
Terri Sjodin, Author of Scrappy: A Little Book About Choosing to Play Big The quest for “great ideas” to stand out from the competition in today’s market is challenging, but […]
Optimists and Pessimists
My car’s factory CD player got stuck one day and I took it to the dealer to extract the CD. He told me, without even looking at the mechanism, “You’ll […]
You Can’t Get There From Here
The first time I heard the statement was near Newport, Arkansas and I had stopped to ask directions from a local farmer. Three times he started telling me how to […]
“Thanks, I really appreciate that.”
People are more motivated by meaningful work and being appreciated than by money. This has been documented in study after study. Of course, we work for money. If we didn’t […]
Perception isn’t Everything…but it’s pretty close
Wouldn’t it be nice to know what your customers and prospects are saying about you? Do you think it really matters? How about your co-workers? Does their perception of you […]
Interview with Jerry Cox of Brainier
Interview with Jerry Cox of Brainier SHRM 2017 is right around the corner. Are you ready? Included in the interview are some great tips for those planning to attend this […]
Guarding the Fishbowl
“When you don’t find much meaning in what you do, you don’t bring much value to what you do.” […]