From infancy, a child looks for someone to trust. As you know, when that child is separated from the ones they trust, there are tears relating fear and insecurity. A trusted relationship ranks quite high for most people, which follows us through our different stages of life. This is also true in our business and … Read more
Often the media asks high profile people how they are coping with the isolation and restrictions in connection with this long Pandemic time period. When the Coronavirus first was mentioned, there was no panic, as most didn’t expect it to be of any consequence, much less be so invasive, life-threatening, and lasting so terribly … Read more
Dealing with a pandemic is so stressful. Has it caused your business to close? Do you have any money coming into your business? Have any of your employees been working or been furloughed? Has your business received a loan? So many issues to consider. Unfortunately, the longer this situation continues, the more debt and challenges … Read more
All people are different due to personalities, variable family environments, social attitudes, financial situations, education, cultural and religious influences, etc. These factors and others affect people in many ways, which makes it easy to see why we have such a wide range of relationships with each other. And yet many organizations have been very fortunate … Read more
Many have expressed the various issues we all are experiencing through this stressful period, with most concerns focused on finances, employment, our country and local economy, the volatile situation with our police, etc. Of course, there is also the big issue for our health and concern for being infected with COVID-19. With North Carolina … Read more
As you meet and get to know others, do you find yourself making prejudgments or assumptions about them? Or are you more open-minded and accept the person as is? Every person is different. Even twins in a family are said to be distinctively different. Having two sons who were 2.5 years apart in age and … Read more
Now that many people have been working from home (or used to being at home during work hours), what have these people found that they would like to have when returning to work? Not all people like working from home. Here are some observations and different preferences that Employers may want to consider when re-opening … Read more
If you are listening to the different media (radio, TV, Internet, Newspapers…), there may be variances of information shared, but much is also the same. The Coronavirus is still “center stage” with little else even coming close. Occasionally, the upcoming elections are touched on, but even other topics are related to the Virus: run on … Read more
Each day I wake up thinking, “here starts a fresh day, with countless possibilities, and hopeful that people are taking this Coronavirus serious, and therefore, being more vigilant and compliant about what it will take to bring this illness to an end. Even if a person WANTS to go out and do whatever they want, … Read more
There have been many times over the past decades and centuries when mankind has encountered excessive and overwhelming catastrophes, and we have been able to keep a positive attitude and pull together to manage our way through each one. Clearly, this has not been easy, and yet our inner strength has pulled us through them. … Read more