Happy National Coffee Day! Not being properly rested decreases our attention span, alertness, motivation, and performance. Many people, myself included, try to get a jolt throughout the day from coffee. But is the caffeine from ...

Understand that kids spell love T-I-M-E. When I travel for work, in their minds I’m gone for essentially two workdays. Hence, upon returning, it doesn’t make sense to them why I will often go into ...

My daughter’s crayons were on the table, and I went to place them into their proper drawer. The drawer was stuffed and wouldn’t budge. A little wiggling and finger fishing helped pry it open. Several ...

“Multitasking, the best way to screw up both jobs.” T-shirt humor or truth? A study at The British Institute of Psychiatry shows that multitasking efforts like checking email while performing another creative task decrease your ...

Can scheduling like a cowboy or cowgirl help reduce your stress? Increase your productivity? Allow you to focus on the big versus the busy? In a word, yes. Let me explain what it means to ...

We had a creative call scheduled with a big automotive client based on the east coast. I was in San Francisco scheduled to join Condoleezza Rice on stage mid-morning, so the call was early morning.  While ...

Hasbro, the parent company of the iconic board game, Monopoly, was wrestling with how they could get more out of the brand. Over the years they had struggled with various editions of the original game ...

Here’s a quick trick that has worked for me and many others. If you feel as if you’re about to eat something on your “Not Worth It List,” immediately brush your teeth. The fluoride taste ...

If you make $150,000 dollars per year and work 45 hours a week for 52 weeks, minus 4 weeks vacation and holidays, this equals roughly $70 dollars per hour.  It is essential to know what an ...

Do you often find yourself staying at work an hour or two longer than anticipated trying to reply to all your messages? If this is a constant problem, you're most likely shortchanging your family. North ...