by Mark Edge | Jan 18, 2024 | Employee Productivity
What is wisdom? Well, connect wise with dumb, and you get wisdom. Let me explain. I am attempting to offer a memory aid to help people understand wisdom: “wise + dumb = wisdom.” I am taking advantage of the fact that many great teachers have taught that wisdom comes...
by Mark Edge | Jan 12, 2024 | Employee Productivity
Last week, I read this nugget from consultant Bobb Biehl, “As much as 80 percent of all stress is caused by indecision or lack of control.” Do you agree? I would have to look at the definitive research, but that number sounds like it would be in the ballpark. Think...
by Mark Edge | Dec 20, 2023 | Employee Productivity
I am a member of Tyler Morning Toastmasters, and I always enjoy and appreciate the speeches I hear. I heard one last week given by a college student named Brady Ryden. Brady talked about things that he had learned regarding time management. He offered several very...
by Mark Edge | Dec 13, 2023 | Employee Productivity
December is the time when people traditionally contemplate making New Year’s Resolutions. I have some thoughts on that. First, don’t make New Year’s Resolutions; make New Year’s Goals. I’m being a stickler here, but resolutions have become a topic associated with...
by Mark Edge | Dec 7, 2023 | Employee Productivity
Imagine this. Over time, you have grown functionally deaf. Now what? You dream of inventing a machine that can record and reproduce sound. Now what? You dream of creating a machine that can record and play music. Now what? You dream of taking photographs, moving them...
by Mark Edge | Nov 16, 2023 | Employee Productivity
I am a big fan of the new book Stay Sane in an Insane World by Greg Harden. If you haven’t heard about it, it is written by a sports psychologist who worked for several decades at the University of Michigan. Among the athletes Harden impacted were Heisman Trophy...
