Photo: Vauxford Buying a car is such a complicated process. I always appreciate information from Consumer Reports on the topic. Each year Consumer Reports issues a report on car reliability. It’s latest report showed hybrid vehicles and midsized or large sedans are among the most reliable, while electric vehicles and full-size pickup trucks are the […]
What if we learned the art of #Quiet Listening? We think we know how to listen. But what we are doing most of the time is waiting to interrupt. We’re scanning the environment to see when we can get our point in or are waiting to assume a shields-up perpetual fight or flight mode. When […]
Photo: The Pancake of Heaven! It’s great progress that 40 state attorneys general have reached a $391.5 million settlement with Google over its location tracking practices. The Big Four – Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook – have tremendous power over our personal information and more needs to be done to rein them in. Google misled […]
We tend to be unprepared for dying and death and we are unprepared for grief. Most of us don’t understand mourning, its natural flow, all the feelings and emotions that grieving presents. We are numb, we are screaming inside, we are confused, we are lost, we are alone, isolated, angry, afraid—all a normal parts of […]
Via Pexels Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 million adults in the United States, age 18 and older. That’s nearly 1 in 5 people! And these numbers only continue to grow. Anxiety disorders can be crippling, preventing people from living their lives to the fullest. For small […]
Source: Via Pexels The travel and hospitality industry is booming, and if you’re looking to get ahead of the game, there are a few things you need to know. In this post, we’ll share some tips for success in the travel industry, so read on to find out more! Invest In Your Staff No matter […]
The pandemic has done good things for paid sick time. Today, 77 percent of all employees in the private sector get paid time off for short-term illnesses and preventive medical care. That’s a modest four points higher than in 2019 but at least it’s going in the right direction. However, coverage remains low at the […]
Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~ Unknown Many people appreciate that being kind is synonymous with showing you care about others. On the other hand, others sneer at kindness in business and express the belief that if you’re too kind, you only set yourself up for […]
GUEST WRITER Too good to be true. We have all heard this old phrase. Sadly, we don’t always heed its warning. The world has become super competitive and very connected. Many people have also become very greedy, and an ‘honest day’s work’ does not seem to be a valued principle any longer. The get-rich schemes […]