2020 Has Arrived!

May your New Year be filling with fun, happiness and many lessons to be learned! Blessings to you! Tina

Experience Is The Best Teacher

When talking to a young business owner recently she told me that she was frustrated at how hard it was to own a business, run a business and oversee employees who worked in her business.  She thought it would be easier.  One of her biggest frustrations was employees and the lack of their doing the … Continue reading →

Work Ethic Lesson Learned From My Mother

“I posted this blog several years ago and was reminded of the lesson I learned from my mother as I began training a new employee last week.  It is important that we develop good training systems and programs in our workplace to not only make the business run better, but to teach valuable work standards … Continue reading →

Lessons Learned From A Fire

  Hello, I have been MIA for almost two weeks now due to a horrific event that happened in my city of Santa Rosa in Sonoma California on the night of October 8th.  A wildfire like there has never been before in California broke out in our city on Sunday night along with 70 mile … Continue reading →

Life’s Setbacks

Wouldn’t it be great if things always went according to “our” plans? One of my colleagues calls setbacks “stink bombs” and says “that you can always count on getting at least three of them a year.” Setbacks are just part of life. They come in all sizes and varying levels of impact. What is important … Continue reading →

When The Unexpected Happens

When things come up unexpectedly that cause our plans to change it can cause an unpleasant response to say the least.  Depending on the circumstance that caused the change that response could range from an inconvenience to something frightening. No matter what the reason is it will take acceptance of it in order to be … Continue reading →