Life Balance Archives

25 Ways to Screw Up Your Kids

Being a good parent isn’t for the faint of heart. It’ll test your wisdom, challenge your stamina, and defy your patience. But even though you’re not paid to be on your toes 24/7, it’s the most rewarding job in the world. Are you helping or hurting your kids? As parents, we want the very best… [Read More]

When You’re a Perfectionist, Your Work Is Never Done

By Frank Sonnenberg 6 Comments

Is being called a perfectionist all it’s cracked up to be? If you’re a perfectionist, it means that you strive for perfection in everything you do. It’s never good enough to do your best; the outcome must be perfect — nothing less. It doesn’t matter whether you’re working on a simple project, raising your children,… [Read More]

What’s Your Best Advice?

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If you were giving your best advice to someone who had their whole life in front of them, what would you say? The following represents some of the best advice I can give about life. My Best Advice — Ever Own your life! If you look in the mirror and don’t like what you see, don’t… [Read More]

Is Your Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?

By Frank Sonnenberg 6 Comments

Do your days ever start off crappy? Your kid has a cold, you run into heavy traffic on your way to work, and the milk in your coffee is sour. Really? If it’s not one thing, it’s another. You get cut off by a driver, your computer goes on the fritz, or your favorite shirt… [Read More]

You Are the Captain of Your Ship

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Are You Inflexible and Stuck in Your Ways?

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A category 4 hurricane can pack winds of up 156 miles per hour. Why do palm trees that stretch to the sky often survive hurricane-force winds, while well-built frame houses give way like toothpicks? The fact is, the house is rigid and takes the lashing head-on, while the palm tree is flexible and can bend… [Read More]

Read This Before It’s Too Late

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In the 1950s, “Made in Japan” was synonymous with shoddy merchandise. In the decades that followed, the Japanese not only shed that stigma, they became a manufacturing powerhouse. How did they achieve that feat and why should you care? Read this before it’s too late. In essence, different philosophies produced different actions. While the Japanese… [Read More]