humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
Confession
Pull the thread, they said. We all started out by joining Facebook, now social media management is an all day affair. Some companies have tried to create software that would make posting to more than one site easier, but you lose the personal touch. Besides, Pinterest and Snapchat aren’t included. The software makers are unable to keep up.
By Michelle LeBlanc6 years ago in Journal
Letter to Leaders
THIS LETTER IS DEDICATED TO GREAT LEADERS WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR THUMB PRINT ON MY LIFE: We have been blessed to work alongside of truly great leadership. These thoughts come from the experience of co-creating with our Leaders. As one has often said, “Our customers vote with their legs and their wallets.” It is our constant “opportunity” to deliver the WOW in all our services. This requires great leadership that focuses on action over position. Our greatest success comes as “exceeding expectations” becomes a way of life.
By Scout Cloud6 years ago in Journal
It's All About Relationships
“Let me know when you’re ready and I’ll start the clock." This is a common statement we make when we present our teams with “their first team challenge.” Invariably teams interpret “you” as themselves individually. They immediately divide into small pairs or groups to complete their task. The result is low scores in efficiency, accountability, appreciation, integrity, and quality. Only as we perform together as ONE TEAM do we experience high scores.
By Scout Cloud6 years ago in Journal
So Apart from Long Life, Smiles Also Boost Tourism!
How do you react when you see two photos of one person smiling while the other frowns? Which will really draw you in? It's clear that a smile will attract you, because a smile is very contagious, friendly, and helpful. At first glance, smiles are good; others are fake and some are just for business—that's all!
By Osei Agyemang6 years ago in Journal
Looking at the Love Elements of the Script
Wow, here we are at post four in my ongoing analysis of what makes a good script, ahead of attending LSF 2020. This time we are going to look at not only what makes a good love element, but also why we even need a love element in the first place.
By david layzelle6 years ago in Journal
First and Last Day
So there I was, after five hours of standing at the front of a restaurant, after seating rude civilians and dealing with disgruntled waiters. I was the new hostess at a strictly run, “VERY professional” restaurant, fresh out of high school, no experience. I’d already read some bad reviews by former employees, well... those were the only reviews out there. Needless to say, it wasn’t surprising that they were so desperate for workers, and needless to say, I wasn’t excited.
By Melody Kee6 years ago in Journal
Journey Through a Screenplay
Next year—on the 17th April, since you ask—I will be attending the London Scriptwriters Festival (LSF), with a view to sell my latest screenplay to the massed throngs of agents, producers, and directors that invariably turn up for the event. The problem is, I haven't yet put metaphorical pen to paper yet, and beyond having a vague outline of my story set in my mind, I have nothing of substance to show them.
By david layzelle6 years ago in Journal
I Write Cuz I Want to Damnit
I have always wanted to start a blog. Always. Ever since I was a wee child, I imagined sitting down and putting my thoughts to paper (or in this case, computer) and sharing them with the world. I always had new ideas for a blog. A blog about animals. A blog about book reviews. Video blogging. Maybe a blog about health. My interests were ever changing, which made it difficult to narrow in on a single topic.
By Rowan Flores7 years ago in Journal
Keep the Change Please
In 1999 I was living in San Diego and working at the National Dispatch center. I began working there in early 1997 and had really done well the first two years. NDC was a text messaging center and my job was to transcribe pre-recorded messages that people left and we would listen to them on our headset while sitting in our little cubicle and then send the message to people's pagers where they got a text message. At the time, this was new technology and it was a huge upgrade from the pager. You got the message on a pager but it had words instead of just a phone number. The pace was fairly slow and I didn't have to deal with the customers directly. I thrived and always got the monthly bonuses. Along with a steady increase in pay, I was fairly happy and had finally moved out of the crappy residential hotels downtown and moved a few miles away uptown in a much nicer placed called studio 619. I was going to the movies regularly, eating out a lot, writing poetry, and going to a writers group. And I was dealing pretty well with being single. I had been taking a sabbatical from dating for two years now. My heart needed the break. Shawna, Jaime, Lisa, Tammy, Rachel and a few others that didn't go far all had taken their toll on me. We had a pretty tight knit group in our section. Ours was small, about 14 of us. The rest of the company had 500 other employees and they took live calls at a very fast pace. They had no time to get to know one another.
By Marc Sander7 years ago in Journal
