Columnist David Brooks has written in the past on the difference between resume virtues and eulogy virtues. Resume virtues are the jobs and career accomplishments you’ve held in your lifetime. Eulogy virtues, however, are your character traits. Brooks concluded that eulogy virtues have longer term value than resume virtues. This became clearer to me at a recent funeral I attended. ...
Coca Cola Consolidated in Charlotte, North Carolina knew Covid was taking a toll on its employees, so they researched ways to help. Their research discovered that many of their employees had spouses who lost jobs due to the pandemic. Coca Cola decided to put these spouses on Coca Cola’s payroll until they could return to work. This amazing act of ...
My friend Jay is a visionary who sees opportunities where others see waste. Being a creative entrepreneur, Jay realized that a lot of businesses, especially retail-oriented ones throw out discontinued or dated inventory that still has value if placed in the right hands. That birthed Agape Inventory Donation. Jay has partnered with many businesses who have inventory that would have ...
Veteran’s Day was an expansion of what was originally Armistice Day. The original celebration was set for November 11th because the Armistice agreement that ended World War I was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Armistice Day was later expanded to include a celebration of all who have served our country, ...
Stephen Phelan, Movement Mortgage’s Chief Pastoral Officer, shared at a conference I attended about Movement Mortgage’s approach to caring for their team members. After exploring the needs of their teammates, Movement Mortgage concluded that everyone had three common needs within the workplace. All need friends at work, friends during a crisis, and each needs to have purpose in their work. ...
One of my favorite quotes is from Chuck Swindoll about attitudes. He says, “I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” The workplace has both optimists and pessimists, but the ones who seem to shine are optimists. These are the people who see opportunities during trying situations, while the pessimists ...
Recently, I spoke with a woman who moved across the world to help one talented artist build his business. Her skills and work helped him become famous and produced millions in revenue. His fame eventually led to arrogance. He became verbally abusive and disrespectful to this woman, even in public. Her complaints to him about his abusive behavior have fallen ...
According to time.com, tipping started after the Civil War. After the abolition of slavery, many former slaves went to work for restaurants and railroads. These institutions found a way to exploit former slaves by hiring them for no pay, but with the promise that their customers would tip them if they worked hard. Over time, the federal government encouraged this ...
In 1958, Patricia Haroski was working as a secretary for her father’s State Farm agency. She wanted to honor her father on his birthday, October 16th. Furthermore, she decided to honor all bosses as well. According to Wikipedia, she registered a holiday with the US Chamber of Commerce called Boss’s Day. The holiday hasn’t been widely accepted, however, partly due ...
Years ago, I had a bank customer named Floyd. Floyd never spoke poorly about anyone else. One of Floyd’s employees stole Floyd’s trade secrets and started a competing business, even after Floyd had helped obtain this man’s release from prison. Despite the wrongs this former employee committed, I was surprised when Floyd’s only comment was, “Well, he must be pretty ...
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