In a study of how the most successful people spend the first hour of each day, it was discovered many highly successful people spend some time thinking about the things for which they are most grateful. Doing this puts them in the right frame of mind for the entire day. It is a great attitude booster. We often take for granted the many great blessings we have. My mother used to tell me the best things in life are those which when given away, multiply. Those would be love

Recently, I was conducting a workshop with high potential women from a Fortune 500 company. One of the participants mentioned she was new to her team, and really wanted to fit in and develop great working relationships with the new team members. My advice was to proactively look for ways to assist the other team members and look for opportunities to publically recognize their support. Staff meetings are a great place to talk about the great work others on the team are doing

A female executive recently contacted me about holiday gifts for her team via my website. When her team was smaller she was able to personally buy each person a nice gift; but her team has grown so large that this is now unaffordable. My personal advice on gifts is that nothing you give will be more appreciated than a hand written thank you note. People have such different tastes that it is hard to give something that everyone wants and needs. If you do give a gift, most pe