My dad, bless his heart, was a great man and a passionate Norwegian. He didn’t speak English until he was 15, and always held on to his Norwegianisms. He would say things like: I’ll have another piece of pie just. (Translation: I’ll have just one more piece of pie) Give me a pants (Translation: Hand […]
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My Secrets to Building a 30 Year Long Happy Marriage. Okay, I started dating my (now) wife in 1991. January. In Edmonton. 30 years ago. I remember the squeak of our boots on the snow walking to Rundle Park for outdoor skating. And seeing the beauty of the ice-cold river valley as I went to
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In 1938, Harvard University began a study that has now gone on for 80 years. They studied, “what makes a good life?” Only 19 of the original 500 cohort are still alive, but the study has branched out included their offspring as well. The original group studied was all male (yes, even Harvard professors were
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In the past few weeks I’ve been approached or contacted by various people with a really tough question: What do you do if your boss isn’t an A player? Or if you have more ability or leadership skill than your boss? What if your boss is just an old fashioned jerk? It happens, believe me
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A good friend once gave me a book entitled, “I Feel Guilty When I Relax.” Can you identify? I’m about seven days into our two week, no wireless/cell phone holiday from work, and here are some things I’ve noticed about myself: I feel fine when we leave home, but when we arrive here, I’m dog
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I get a lot of responses to my coaching tips, and I appreciate and reply to each one. Listen to a comment I received this past week (I’m condensing a bit for space): “If I get a thank you, not only will I feel high and give you 200%, but I will make sure you
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Three times this week (so far) I’ve spoken with people in various stages of relationship breakdown. No, hold on, it’s actually more than that. Some are serious, some are just nuisance issues, but relationships are breaking down all the same. Plus, I’m writing this on a Tuesday, so clearly this is an issue we all
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Permit me to rant. This week I heard on the radio again from the great prognosticators of gloom that millennials will have a lower standard of living than their parents, and that finally, our great experiment with capitalism has proved to be a chimera which is all going to come crashing down. This is utterly
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Let’s talk about the ACE Test in determining your mental health. In the late 1990s, The Center for Disease Control partnered with Kaiser Permanente (an integrated health care facility) to study over 17,000 of their members. The volunteers for the study: about 50/50 male/female were 74.8% Caucasian had an average age of 57 2% had
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I hear about and deal with new HR issues every week. For the past few weeks, I’ve been mulling this tip over in my mind. I want to share with you some keys to success in dealing with people problems at work and at home. If you use these ideas, it will make a REALLY
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