Arriving anywhere for an appointment shouldn’t be stressful, for the customer or the service provider, but there are times when you look out into your waiting area and it’s like the apocalypse blew through on a tornado. We all want to avoid days like that, so here are a few tips on how to keep
Ways to Liven Up Your Business This Winter
Winter is coming, and that means so are those wintery blues we all get when the days are too short, the sky is gray and all the office and the co-workers start running on nothing but holiday cookies and desperation. The good news is that there are ways to chase away those gloomy office vibes
4 Traits the Best Prospective Employees Share
We’re all nervous when it comes to interviews or even something as easy as sending in your resume; we don’t want to show off any traits too much, but we don’t want to down-play ourselves. Really, it just causes stomach aches and a blistering headache as your body fights with itself and your nerves. You’ll
6 Best Productivity Tools
It can be hard to stay productive in a disorganized setting, with our thousands of papers and folders piled high on our desk. The good thing is, though, that the world has moved forward in the world of productivity, and thousands of tools have been created to help us get our work done in the
Say Goodbye to Distractions by Implementing These Practices
Distractions are literally everywhere; they’re in the workplace, at your desk, and even in your hand, on your phone! While they can be great for anxiety-purposes, they are the absolute worst when work needs to get done. It happens to everyone. So here are some ways to eliminate distractions and get on that work grind:
Four Habits of the Best Leaders
Some people are just born natural leaders, and it comes easy to them when they want to win over their followers, employees, partners – whatever! Other people may wish that they could bottle up that essence, whatever it may be, and use it on themselves; because their heart might be in the right place, but
Reasons to Go Paperless With Your Business Practices
A lot has changed in the last several years; we have computers in our hands, streaming movie and television services, and we no longer have dial-up internet (thank goodness for that one)! These changes are not only amazing to watch unfold before our eyes, but they have made our lives so much easier; scheduling an
Small Things You Can Do on Fridays (to Help Your Mondays)
By the time Friday rolls around, it’s normal to feel burnt out; five whole days of throwing our very best (or at least what we think can pass as our very best) into our jobs, and we just need a break, right? But then comes the dreaded Monday, and we feel even worse than we
How to Diffuse a Negative Situation (for Business Owners)
As a business owner, you are faced with a variety of difficulties on a day-to-day basis; you’re basically the business-equivalent of a superhero. Sometimes, though, things can get out of hand, and it can leave you in some uncomfortable situations. Once that situation arises, and it will, because we’re all human with human emotions and
Tips for Crafting a Pleasant Waiting Room Experience
Every day, especially for a busy person, we find ourselves waiting. Waiting on coffee, waiting on public transportation — waiting, waiting, waiting. We even wait to see our beautician, doctor, lawyer, or anyone who requires an appointment. Oftentimes, we do that waiting in a lobby or an aptly named “waiting room,” and these rooms or