One of the things I love doing, is to wish new store trainees good luck with their job.
It completely takes them by surprise and puts a smile on their face. This works best is they look stressed, the boss is around or it's their first day.
Continue reading 'Put a smile on someone's face' >Filed under: Productivity | Tags: feedback, non-conventional, smile
My 1 year old daughter is a true inspiration to me - I love spending time with her and see her doing small new things and evolve.
It's amazing that a child that young can learn to coordinate her movements and start walking. Mind-blowing!
Here are couple of things that any parent/businessman can/should learn...
Continue reading 'What can we learn from small children?' >Filed under: Misc | Tags: enchantment, smile
What would you do?... you make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:
'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?'
The audience was stilled by the query.
Continue reading 'Two Choices' >... the language you use shapes how you think... and if you want to change how you think it can help to first change your language.
Dave Astels
