Do you have rules you live by? Rules for living?  Would love to hear them …..  Here are some of mine. 

Good manners never cost anyone anything
Be kind to people
Remember those that were kind to you
All children deserve to be loved
You only get one family – look after them
Don’t be too busy setting goals you don’t [...]

Interviews with the elderly and the terminally ill do not report that people have regret for the things they have done but rather people talk about the things they regret not having done.
I’d dare to make more mistakes next time.
I’d relax.  I would limber up.
I would be sillier than I have been on this trip.
I [...]

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.  The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs [...]

In December 2007, I made a decision that, at the time, was probably the scariest thing I had ever done in my life.  I quit my job and decided to work for myself.  Not something that hasn’t been done by 1,000s before me.  A big step for me though.  I have been employed since my first part-time [...]

I set pretty high standards for myself. I honestly belief that life is all about how we treat other people and I vividly remember my mother continually telling me that “Good manners never cost anything!”. I like to think I live my life most days by that motto and treat others the way in which [...]

I had a conversation just recently with a client who is a Manager of a hospitality venue with almost 50 staff reporting directly to her.  We were discussing the notion of Staff supervision and leadership.  She was actually venting about staff not following instructions or directions.Â
She said something along the lines of …. “I tell them [...]

Another oldie but a goody …….
Remember Me?
“I am the customer who goes into a restaurant, sits down patiently and waits while the attendant does anything but takes my order.
I am the customer who goes to a bar and stands quietly while the attendants finish their little chat.
I am the customer who is patiently waiting for [...]

I have a 9 year old niece and a 11 year old nephew.  Every day they come out with something that either makes me laugh out loud or shake my head in disbelief.  I know it’s not new, every generation have their own “language” at times, and change the meaning of words to suit themselves, [...]

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say?  And why are you waiting?  Stephen Levine

“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to do whatever it takes to make them come true”  Leon J Suenens