We recently heard Simon Sinek's messages about empathy. He suggests that to practice empathy in the workplace we must --- daily --- make the well-being of others (our teammates, our customers, our health inspector, etc.) a conscious, visible, intentional priority....

When we see or experience two people or two concepts that are silky smooth, fine tuned, natural, beautiful....we may say (or hear), "you know...they're like Fred and Ginger." Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers knew how to dance. In Culture isn't enough, the Fred and...

I love our mantra, Make a Difference Every Day. I love wearing my MG tee shirt that reminds me to set this daily intention and helps me share the message with everyone around me. And yet, sometimes, I fall into the trap of measuring the difference on the wrong scale....

Life will always have contrast to it. Day, night. Joy, grief. Beginner, expert. Hot, cold. Some days we feel like we're "in the groove" - everything is falling into place and going well. And some days --- well --- just the opposite.   When someone comes to you...

"Treat others as you would have them treat you." That's a modern adaptation of the Golden Rule and one that we've probably heard a number of times throughout our life. It's an ok model. Certainly better than treating others worse than you would have them treat you....

You can be less wasteful. Guaranteed. Wasteful of what, you might ask. Lots of things. But, let's start with food.   You've heard this before: 40% of edible food ends up in the trash. Globally, about 1.3 billion...TONS. So much...it's hard to even imagine, but...