After leaving high school or perhaps college, people develop routines. When is the last time that tried something new? It will not just happen on its own, you must challenge yourself.

Don’t read too much into the title. We are not asking you to apologize to us. Instead, we consider the time it takes for other people to apologize to us and whether or not we allow them the opportunity.

Why do children go to school and not senior citizens? To be productive and successful, we all need to have a solid foundation in our lives. Building the foundation is not always easy or fun, but it is essential.

“I’ll do it until it is not fun anymore.” How often have you heard or said that? Is that truly how we want to live our lives? Perhaps we should be substituting the word “fun” for “rewarding”?

Life is short, take the time to adds some quality to your everyday living. This is a topic that the Queenpin will definitely appreciate.

Recently Paul sharpened some knives. What does it take to sharpen a blade? How does that translate to your own personal skills? Are you ready for a sharper life?

GIGO is old computer programmer speak and it stands for “Garbage In, Garbage Out”. You cannot put garbage or junk code into a computer and expect it to come out as treasure. The same applies to our lives. What are you putting into your brain?

How do you keep positive when working with a group to hit a deadline, and how do you, as a team, keep each other motivated and try to work cohesively?

Also, how do you “put someone in their place” without hurting their feelings or causing discourse? It’s all about Tact.

This advice was given to me twenty-five years ago and I have attempted to apply it as often as possible. Some people will be receptive to you help, while others will not, but the attempt is worth your effort.

Just because something is new, does that truly make it better? We need to understand when a change is actually needed and when we are just trying to make “New and Improved” Tide.