Achieving a Healthy Work-Life Balance

A Healthy Work-Life Balance or the Best of Both Worlds Work-Life Balance is a concept that implies there’s a particular balance between your work life and your personal life that can optimize your happiness. Achieving a healthy work-life balance can help you have the best of both worlds. We’ve all met the so-called “workaholic.” What are […]

Balancing Work and Family

Balancing Work and Family is Not Easy, But Worth it Trying to juggle work and family is what everyone has to do now a days–no matter what your background–in order to pay the bills and get by or live comfortably. Juggling Work and Kids Having to get up early, get ready, and get kids ready for […]

Be There! At Work, in Life!

Be there. Be in the moment of your life. Don’t let the little screen get in the way. How many of you have gone out to eat with friends or family and at some point realized that every single person was on their phone Between Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and so many other apps, do […]

Stick-to-itiveness Pays Dividends

One Cannot Underestimate the Long-Term Power of “Stick-to-itiveness” Yes, stick-to-itiveness is a real word and to save you time from looking it up I’ll quote Dictionary.com: Stick-to-itiveness. noun. dogged perseverance; resolute tenacity I’m writing a blog on this topic, not because it’s the New Year and I’m trying to keep you all motivated to stick […]

Winning With Teamwork

The Winning Power of Teamwork Michael Jordan once said, “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Apply this ideal to our lives and we learn that teamwork will make us successful everyday. Very few people don’t have an opportunity to work as a team on a daily basis. If you are employed you […]

The Art of Perception

Understanding the Fine Art of Perception in Work and in Life In one of my favorite shows – Seinfeld – there is an episode where Kramer gets a job working for Murphy Brown as her personal secretary on her TV show. In that episode she asks him if he is familiar with the software the office […]

Quitting vs Stopping

Quitting Versus Stopping: Is There a Difference? I think we’re all familiar with the saying, “Winners never quit and quitters never win”. No one wants to be labeled as a quitter…because in our culture quitters are synonymous with failures…and no one wants to be a failure. But there’s no denying the fact that failing is […]

The Mindset Cycle

How A Good Day At Work Goes A Long Way Everywhere Else I started this job at the end of March and then got married in May. While it’s been the best adventure with a lot of new changes in my life, I’ve learned countless things while being married and working at YES. One of […]

Integrity on the Job

On Practicing Honesty and Integrity at Work The last time I published an article on the blog it was about getting promoted or “moving up” at work. I’ve come to realize that there is one thing that I neglected to mention that can set you apart from the rest. Integrity. The Oxford Dictionary defines integrity […]

Employee Rights in Utah

Your Rights as an Employee in the State of Utah Utah is an ‘at-will’ employment state. At-will employment is a term used in the U.S. labor law for contractual relationships in which an employer can dismiss an employee for any reason without having to establish “just cause” for termination, and without warning. Sounds scary, doesn’t […]

How To Improve Your Next Interview

How To (and How Not To) Nail Your Next Job Interview Have you ever been to a interview and come out feeling like you were missing something or that maybe it could have gone just a little bit better? Or maybe you feel a little under-qualified for a specific position, but would just die for […]

Focus and Concentration

What Are We Paying Attention To These Days? Over the past couple of weeks and months I have been involved in various meetings and experiences where the topic of focus/concentration has come to the forefront. It has stirred in me some thoughts and forced me to consider my own ability to give of myself and […]

My Day Job vs. My Passion

Doing What You Love or Loving What You Do According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a passion is a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept. Using that definition, what would you say is your passion? Is your job in any way related to that passion? If so, you’re well […]

Constructive Criticism at Work

Offering Constructive Criticism in the Workplace Many experts say that when offering constructive criticism at work you have to stay positive with your employees. That when someone does something wrong on the job that you should start by telling them the good that they are doing. I think that is a very solid way of building a […]

One Rung at a Time

How to Work Your Way Up the Corporate Ladder! We all want to be successful, and it seems like some people have figured out some sort of secret that the rest of us don’t know. I can assure you that even though you don’t realize it you know the secret too. This article is geared […]