Reading Time: 3 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is to empower others to live their best lives by embracing simplicity. How to Maintain Wellness Without Overwhelm Feeling overwhelmed is a feeling that can affect every aspect of your life. It can cause you to feel like everything is crashing down around you, and it can also make it difficult to see a way out. Stress…
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It’s Impossible To Motivate Unmotivated Staff
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt can certainly be hard to motivate people and strictly speaking it is true we cannot make others motivated. Command-and-control managers often get frustrated because they believe that motivating employees is about their authority and tangible things such as money. Exerting authority is a common management approach but that is different to leadership. You can compel people to do what you want, but that’s not leadership, and it tends to be a good way to turn engaged staff into disengaged staff. According to a 2023 Gallup survey, some 77% of…
Read MoreUnleashing Your Situational Awareness
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Price of Business Digital Network has a new series of outstanding commentaries from thought leaders. This is one in that series. Michelle Cummings, MBA, CIA, CFE, CDFM Hedge Security Solutions, LLC provides security solutions for any organization to enhance overall safety of students, employees, volunteers, customers, and others. We offer a proactive approach to security and believe the best defense is a good offense. We provide a multi-layer approach to security that makes a facility a “hard target”, without appearing to be fortress, and we prepare staff to respond appropriately…
Read MoreFood for Thought: Why We Shouldn’t Count Calories
Reading Time: 6 minutesTo maintain health, humans must have a constant supply of nutrients to feed the cells in the body. Maintaining a steady but dynamic state requires that we acquire sufficient varied nutrients regularly from the foods we consume. Nutrients are absorbed in the form of molecules and ions into the bloodstream, where cells absorb them and utilize them to perform their functions. This process requires the use of energy, just like what happens in a factory that manufactures goods. It is this use of energy that produced the rationale for creating…
Read MoreFive Ways Forgiveness Is Good for You
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker, guide to others, and founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is to empower others to live their best lives by embracing seemingly small simple steps. The idea that forgiveness is a healthy way to let go of things that cause pain, resentment and suffering has led to the development of many theories about why it helps us heal. Why Forgiveness Releases Energy Forgiveness has long been viewed as a virtue…
Read MoreDavid Kingsbury’s Commentary Feature on the Price of Business Digital Network
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDual-licensed psychotherapist, burnout coach, and behavioral health consultant David Kingsbury shares his thoughts on burnout and various topics. He wrote “It’s Totally Possible: Achieving the Life of Your Dreams through Accelerated NeuroConversion” to introduce professionals to the techniques he uses that bring about transformation from the midst of frustration and despair. In today’s segment, he explains some of the principles that make not only overcoming burnout, but actually reaching new heights as a result of it, a reality. Find out more at https://www.dkkinged.com/ where you can download a free copy of David’s…
Read MoreMaking Your Most Important Investment Work
Reading Time: 3 minutesTo get the best performance from your employees, it is critical that you provide structures and systems (including pay systems) that motivate them. To understand and predict what these are, you need a very good model or framework describing human motivation. Only when you have achieved this, it is worth investing time and money in training your employees. If you do it the other way around, not only may your employees not use the new skills acquired in their training but they are more likely to leave the organisation. This…
Read MoreWhy Your Success Hinges on Your Decisions!
Reading Time: 3 minutesWelcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others make forward progress towards living their best lives Three Ways Embracing Decision Helps Us Succeed Decision making is a critical part of solving complex problems. It happens throughout the problem-solving process, from framing a question to exploring options and ideas. It also requires ensuring that decisions are delegated appropriately. We should ask,…
Read MoreEmbracing Change: A Journey of Healing Through the Lens of Stage IV Cancer
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the face of adversity, we often find the profound capacity of the human spirit to heal. This sentiment is particularly exemplified in the journey of those facing stage IV cancer. Through personal experience, I have come to realize that the turmoil on the inside often serves as a mirror reflecting the areas in our lives that are in need of healing. It is a poignant reminder that challenges, be they disease or other life tribulations, present us with opportunities for growth, transformation, and healing from within. My journey towards…
Read MoreHow Your Apparel Influences Your Attitude
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others make forward progress towards living their best lives! Are You What You Wearing? When you’re feeling down, a positive saying can turn your frown upside down. The power of positive self-talk can make a hard day manageable, and an okay day even better. So if you need a little motivation, check out these…
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