Beth Terry | November 28, 2007
Being a Team Player is all about Self Preservation! You go to work and act like you’re part of the team; other people see you doing that and feel safe around you. When they feel safe, they help you. When you see them helping you, you feel safe around them. It creates trust! It’s all […]
Beth Terry | November 25, 2007
The holidays are upon us! The Holidays Are UPON US! Yikes!
Here’s how we knew the holidays were here. We walked into a local store two days before Halloween and the Christmas decorations were up. Holiday music was playing! I ran around picking up last minute things muttering, “I’m not ready…I’m not ready!”
The problem I […]
Beth Terry | November 22, 2007
I’m just sitting here enjoying my yard, waiting for the pies to finish baking, and watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It’s a beautiful day in Phoenix, and it looks pretty balmy in New York City, too.
I’ve always loved the Thanksgiving Day parade. Don’t know why. Maybe it gave a little South Dakota girl […]
Beth Terry | November 20, 2007
It’s crazy time again in the US. Our Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday marks the beginning of split attention spans, distractions, long lunch breaks, hurried phone calls in the middle of the business day… And that’s just the Managers!
Employees are focused elsewhere. Things seem to take longer. Even the most conscientious of your staff aren’t fully […]
Beth Terry | November 18, 2007
It’s easy to make lists of what we want and don’t have. It’s easy to drive around and look at bigger houses, better cars, nicer clothes, more jewelry, the newest cell phone and feel like we don’t have ‘enough.’
What is ‘enough’ for you? Think about it. How badly did you want that big screen TV? […]
Beth Terry | November 15, 2007
‘Tis the season for meltdowns. My pastor father used to call this “the heavy season.” This is when people who already have issues are thrust into unwanted ‘merriment’ that only serves to deepen their depression and despair.
Some of your employees love the holidays. They are social types who thrive on the fun of putting on […]
Beth Terry | November 13, 2007
It’s the end of a long day. I was on the road most of the day, listening to the stories about Veterans on the radio. And I got to thinking about heroes. Who they are, why they are, and who I admire most.
My heart aches when I see a Vet home from the war […]
Beth Terry | November 11, 2007
Even though it’s been 40 years since I left South Dakota, it still amazes me that I need to mow the lawn in the ‘winter.’
Growing up in a state as flat as this desk made winters particularly cold. The wind whipped across the plains and dropped temperatures twenty or thirty degrees. I remember mom telling […]
Beth Terry | November 5, 2007
We take ourselves too seriously. We really do. We think that somehow the world turns on our opinion of things. When I was working at a real estate company in Hawaii, I had a fairly high opinion of my role in the company. Now don’t get me wrong, it is a good thing to […]
Beth Terry | November 1, 2007
With each year we learn. With each mistake, tragedy, and loss, we learn. And what are we doing with that knowledge? A lot of ‘grownups’ don’t realize how valuable they could be to those younger than them. OK, I know, some kids don’t want to listen. But even if they aren’t “listening” they might hear […]
The way I see it, Cactus is the most resilient plant in the desert. If you find yourself stuck out on the desert and you can get past the thorns, its fruit will save your life. The same goes for us human critters. If we can get past the thorns of our own life, what we find in our core will save us and sustain us.
