Today (at the time of this writing) is my grandfather’s 92nd birthday. He has been on this planet for nearly a century. As I was working on his birthday card and looking through old photos, I was struck by how many of my life events he has witnessed, whether he was there to teach, encourage, […]

The entrance to the Ancient Greek Temple of Apollo at Delphi was said to have had the phrase “Know Thyself” inscribed upon it. Many Greek philosophers have been given credit for coining this phrase over the centuries, but regardless of its true origins, the advice is sound, and it benefits those who follow it today. […]

In today’s society, so many things are competing for our attention, and it can be difficult to sustain focus on complicated or time-intensive tasks.  Contrary to popular belief, multi-tasking is not efficient. Do you struggle with distractions, getting started on tasks, or finishing what you do start? The Pomodoro technique is a process designed to […]

Brand Management is a concept widely discussed in the business world.  Companies invest a great deal of time and money into managing their brands.  We can learn from this marketing strategy when it comes to managing our own, personal “brand” while looking to make a career move. The purpose of Brand Management is to increase […]

You may have heard the phrase, “Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.”  While I have a personal tendency to do this, I don’t feel it serves me as well as a different approach that I’m trying to embody lately instead: Assume the best. When we try to “prepare for the worst”, our […]

I just finished a fascinating book called The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, by Charles Duhigg. Everything we do in our life is a series of habits. Once we recognize that “it’s all habit”, it makes it believable that habits can change. Think about when you first […]

Welcome to the first Friday of the New Year! Did anyone else set New Year’s resolutions, only to waver by the end of the first week? (My younger brother shared with me that he went to the gym on 1/1 and it was packed. The next day, hardly anyone was there.) It happens to the […]

Traditionally around the holidays, Team Cadre sends out a cheery holiday message to its clients and employees. Just as we personally like to receive holiday wishes and messages from friends and family, it is also fun to share the love from a business perspective. One of our former external employees responded back to our holiday […]

I had a conversation recently about “seven-year business cycles”, and while macroeconomics is not my jam :o) it got me thinking about whether or not every seven years in one’s personal life could be looked at similarly. It is an interesting scenario to contemplate. Although everyone’s life cycles are different, more often than not, we […]

I learned a new word today, thanks to my brother. :o) I wasn’t sure how to do a Google search for my question, so I sent him something I’d written whilst in the throes of 2020 and asked, “is there a ‘name’ for this type of writing, when you use the first letter for a […]