Sound Of Your Laughter

The Sound Of Your Laughter - Poem by Ronberge

The sound of your laughter
Is what pulls me through
The harshest winter

The sound of your laughter
Makes every bright summer day
Brighter

The sound of your laughter
Is what gets me up in the morning
With it
I can take anything life can bring

Not to make too much out of it
But to me
Everyday Is a good day To live
To The sound of your laughter

Stay inspired my friends!

Adjusting Your Happiness

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Groucho Marx once said, "I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."

Simply put, people do not like to hang out with unhappy people.

Sometimes it requires a bit of hard truth in order to get people to see the reality of a situation. Your productivity at work is impacted by being unhappy and it impacts those around you. If you are unhappy with your job and the daily grind of it, move on to something else.

Make a change in your life.

I am not here to say you should simply quit and walk out the door with a smile on your face. No, the smart thing to do is continue to do your job the best you can, but start looking for a new job.

Life's steps should be planned as best you can.

Take time to understand and recognize how your own attitude is impacting you and your relationships. Understand how being unhappy all of the time is impacting your job performance and then do something about it.

Maybe it requires an adjustment of your attitude.

Examine yourself, adjust yourself and reinvent yourself to rid the unhappiness from your life as you can. It starts from inside.

Stay inspired my friends!

You Silly Goose

“Do a loony-goony dance 'cross the kitchen floor, put something silly in the world that ain't been there before.”
― Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic

There are days when we simply need to be just a little bit silly. What could you do to liven up the day and those around you? Well, for your summer amusement, the following ideas were passed along to me.

1. Sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars.
....See if they slow down.

2. Page yourself over the intercom.
.....Don't disguise your voice!

3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.
.....And then ask them again.

4. Finish all your sentences with 'In Accordance With The Prophecy.'
.....Be sure to look reverent.

5. Skip down the hall rather than walk and see how many looks you get.
.....humming "To My Lou, my darling."

6. Order a diet water whenever you go out to eat.
.....With a serious face of course.

7. Specify that your drive-through order is 'To Go.'
.....Maybe it will get served on a tray!

8. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.
.....Bug zapper noise only enhances the experience.

9. Tell your children over dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'

It is called having fun. Some may call it therapy but I chose the former.

Take time to smile and relax.

Stay inspired my friends!

Serving or Self-Serving

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“It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.” - Napoleon Hill

It has been a bit spotty of late in getting my blog articles out. There are changes on the horizon for me and those have kept me quite busy. So I am working to get back into a regular pattern of writing so stick with me folks.

Today I wanted to ask a couple of questions;

Regarding your business or job
- Is customer service really at the core of your business or simply “lip” service?

Regarding your everyday life
- Do you live in service to others or are you simply living for yourself?

In your business (or job you work at), the time has come to realize that the ability —or inability— to serve customers in a way that is consistent with meeting and exceeding their expectations is the biggest differentiator which separates a successful business from others. The same is true in your personal life. Serving others before self will have a dramatic impact on your life and the lives of those around you.

It is the difference between living life and living your best life.

Now is the time to transform customer service from a one-dimensional, one-directional exchange into a fluid and integral part of your life. There are basic rules for transforming your life and business and it begins with serving others.

Life has a lot to do with the “CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE” you provide.

Remember today is the day you felt a drop of rain splash down on your forehead. Is it time to build that ark, Noah? In other words, today is the day to start making a change.

Elevate “customer service” (serving others) into a front office mission critical strategic imperative. Make it a strategic part of your everyday life.

Stay inspired my friends.