‘Motivation’ Category

Practicing the Relational Safety Zone

Practicing the Relational Safety Zone

When I began learning how to drive—the time best known as my mother’s most frustrating point as a parent–I learned all the necessary rules of the road. I learned to keep 100 feet of distance between my vehicle and cars in front of me. I learned to always use my indicator before switching lanes, and […]

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What’s Love Got to do with…Work?

What’s Love Got to do with…Work?

Depending on where you are in your relational journey, this time of the year may stir feelings of great joy, happiness, resentment, or perhaps even apathy.  For many Valentine’s Day serves as a painful reminder of what once was and what might have been. For others it is a time of great celebration and empowerment. […]

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Keeping Your Organization’s New Year’s Resolutions

Keeping Your Organization’s New Year’s Resolutions

Each January millions of people around the world make resolutions to help them live a better life throughout the year. Common resolutions include goals to improve health and wellness, financial status and even reconciling relationships. As a small business owner or nonprofit leader, it is likely that your New Year’s resolutions are not just for your personal […]

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Tips for Beating Procrastination

Tips for Beating Procrastination

Cutting the grass, ironing clothes, writing a ten page English paper, starting a home improvement project, replying to emails…these are actions that require energy, strategy and drive. We have all procrastinated a time or two, but the goal of being productive is to steer clear from cycles of serial-procrastination. Procrastination is an avoidance behavior. It […]

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2013: The P.E.R.K. Consulting Year in Review

2013: The P.E.R.K. Consulting Year in Review

With the recent passing of Nelson Mandela, I joined most of the world in mourning a life lost, but celebrating a life lived to the fullest. As South Africa’s first black president, and an anti-Apartheid and civil rights icon, there is no doubt that history will remember Mandela as one of the greatest men who […]

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