Let’s play a little game of word association. Summer: vacations. Workplace: cool coworkers. The year 2020: complete and utter craziness that disrupted everything under the sun, including the two things mentioned above. Even if your first two word associations were different, it’s safe to guess that we had similar ideas on the last one. And … Continued

“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” (The Velveteen Rabbit … Continued

“Thanks for calling. We appreciate our customers, and your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line as all of our customer service representatives and serving others” I don’t know about you, but when I call a business and get a recording similar to this, I certainly do NOT feel like an … Continued

“Never trust anyone who didn’t bring a book with them.” ~ Lemony Snicket. Video might have killed the radio star, but it will never kill books. Even in the age of everything digital and many things automated, when it comes to real advice, people still turn to books. In the year 2019, 72% of adults … Continued

Mindfulness activities: Why do we need them daily?  Procrastination is your brain being a whiny toddler.  As we discussed in our recent article, How to Stop Procrastinating by Winning the War in Your Brain, when we procrastinate our brains turn on their pre-evolution instincts to avoid danger and unpleasantness.  Some scientists call it the lizard … Continued

Hi, there. Do you need a tissue after watching this?  I sure did.  I’m sorry to make you emotional. But I felt that was the best way to start an article about psychological strategies in marketing.  Duracell there employed one of the great marketing principles – emotional marketing. The connection between parents and children is … Continued

I have seen one man build an entire house with a glorified bowl and a stick.  I know it sounds impossible, but there’s a video to prove it.  For countless days on end, he works alone in the depths of the jungle. No electricity, power tools, or A/C. But with each pile of dirt, he … Continued

It’s 7 pm on a Friday and I’m going into panic mode. I’m pacing my living room floor, biting my nails and trying to calm down the feeling of a thousand butterflies in my stomach. What am I going to do? There is no time! I need to submit a story for peer review to … Continued

Do you know who Josh Kalk is? He’s a human curveball.  Upon first glance, Kalk appears to be nothing more than your average Joe…a shy intellect if you will.   The 44 year-old started out as a math and physics professor at a small state college in West Virginia and a small-time writer of his own … Continued

This is a story about how website with live chat made one man very happy. Beauford was having a busy Monday. It all started, as it usually does, with an alarm clock. (Beauford was an old-fashion kind of guy and liked to use an old-fashion alarm clock. None of that new generation mumbo-jumbo) And so … Continued