We spend most of our lives working and sleeping – not necessarily in a balanced way.

Glassdoor research indicates that 65% of professionals they surveyed are feeling “stuck” in their careers.

Tech people 73%.  Women 68%.  Men 62%.

Fewer people are quitting their jobs and layoffs are spreading with and without the help of artificial intelligence.

There’s work.  There’s need to make a living.  And there are career moves.

You don’t need a survey to know when you’re feeling you’re stuck in a job – do the one thing most people do not do – trust instincts and act.

Tomorrow is not a better time – now is the best time.

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It turns out that music may be better than drugs to pep up our moods.

Clinical research shows every area of the brain responds positively to music.

In one of my NYU classes, students are asked to share “mood music” at the start of each class and tell how that selection found them.

We are more than a streaming service or a radio.

People respond positively to music.

Southwest Airlines is experimenting with adding music that plays 120 beats per minute to push passengers to board their flight faster.

The uses are endless.

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The more we practice gratitude, the more we have to be grateful for.

“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind” – Lionel Hampton

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is a short course in human relations:

The 6 Most Important Words …

            I admit I made a mistake

The 5 Most Important Words …

            You did a good job.

The 4 Most Important Words …

            What is your opinion?

The 3 Most Important Words …

            If you please

The 2 Most Important Words …

            Thank you!

The Most Important Word …

            We

The Least Important Word …

            I 

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The radio legend Paul Harvey shared a story about a man who expressed love in a most memorable way – a way we might want to emulate and a way I shall never forget.

• Often the words “I love you” are empty or hard to say for some people.
• But Harvey shared a stellar example of how to communicate this powerful emotion without having to say it.
• He told the story of this husband who put a note in the glove compartment of his wife’s car right next to the insurance card and the owner’s card.
• She probably would never see it – unless …
• On it, he wrote her a note that said he was so sorry that she had to be in an accident, and that she was not to worry how he would feel about the damage to the car. After all, she was fine and that is all that mattered.

Imagine opening the glove compartment of your car in a stressful situation like an auto accident to read the premeditated reassurance from a loved one that the most important cargo is you and not the mangled metal.

Steven King says:

“The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them”.

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There was a wonderful guy who was a disc jockey and later program director of WFIL in Philadelphia.

It was memorable to watch Jay Cook work.

As soon as his microphone went on, he put a smile on his face.  Then he talked.

There’s no doubt that smiles change the way others see and respond to us.  But they also change us.

You can’t be mad with a smile on your face. Or down. Or unhappy

Smiling is a real tool to bring about positive change initiated by you and not dependent on others going first.

As Tom Wilson said, “A smile is a facelift that’s in everyone’s price range!”

Kobe Bryant spoke publicly and lovingly about his Lower Merion, PA high school teacher who taught him a key driver of motivation:

• “Rest at the end not in the middle”.
• Bryant joked that sometimes he actually listened in school – judging from his basketball career, he really listened.

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It seems we’re caught up on what other people think of us especially when we post things on social media and wait to see how many thumbs up, likes or comments others do.

Our lives are not up for a vote – we should not be asking others to “like” what we do or say.

The more we try to treat our lives like an ongoing election, the more unhappiness it brings.

It doesn’t really matter whether others like us – do we like us?

Holding a virtual election on who we are as a person always ends in defeat.

Live life as if no one gets to vote on how you live it.

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Boston Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla before kicking off the current NBA basketball season said he feels “zero pressure” to repeat last year’s World Championship.

Never mind that the Celtics have won a total of 18 banners in their storied history.

“We’re all going to be dead soon, and it really doesn’t matter anymore. So, there’s zero pressure.”

“”There’s nothing anyone in this circle can do to me that’s going to impact my identity and who I am as a person or a coach. We’re either going to win or we’re not, and 40 years from now, none of you are invited to my funeral and that’s it.”

It’s blunt but it’s true.

Like life all the good things we do carry over from year to year.

If there’s one thing never to forget it’s what got you to success.

Added pressure does not help.

So many life lessons in sports – feel free to share.

The makers of Ruffles and Tostitos is planning to add 20% more chips into their bonus bags.

Ruffles and Tostitos were losing market share at Walmart while their own brand Great Value has been growing in chips and pretzels.

Many consumers feel the pinch but companies usually don’t until sales decline begging the question what’s a fair deal.

In human interaction when we promise more and do less, it usually doesn’t end well.

Maybe it doesn’t apply to food brands but when you make a promise and deliver more ahead of schedule, you are always going to come out ahead.

That last line could be life altering, feel free to share