If You Can Relate to These 5 Statements, It’s Time for a New Job

If you love your job and wouldn’t want to do anything else for a living, you are one lucky person! That’s because almost everyone you know does not like their work. In fact, if you polled your friends, family and acquaintances, you would find the vast majority of them hate what they do!   So, what gives here? Yes, there are the chronic complainers who […]

Honesty Is the Best Policy, but Avoid Saying These 4 Things to Your Co-Workers

If you’re like most people, you spend the majority of your waking hours at work. So, it makes sense you want to get along with your co-workers. You don’t have to be best buddies, but you don’t want to offend or alienate them, either. And you might be doing just that without knowing it.  At some point, you may feel […]

Tips on How to Quit Those 15-Minute Smoke Breaks

You’re a clock watcher. But you’re not counting down the minutes until your shift ends. No, your concern is how long you’ll have to hang on until the next smoke break. You’re addicted to nicotine, and the wait for your next cigarette can seem interminable. It’s no wonder that you and so many others like […]

Can Improving Your Posture Have a Positive Effect on Mood?

Maybe you heard it from your parents when you were slouching as a kid. Or perhaps you were in the military when someone who seriously outranked you yelled it in your ear: Shoulders back! Head up! Eyes forward! Whenever or wherever they gave you these instructions, it meant the same thing—stand up straight and look alert. And […]

3 Stretches to Do During Your Shift That Will Decrease Injury

There are advantages to performing manual labor each day. One of the most obvious is that you are moving and burning calories, which helps keep your weight in a healthy range. Another is you’re probably staying fit, all that moving and lifting is giving you a healthy cardiovascular system and building muscle. However, there is […]

4 Tips on How to Lead a More Effective Team

2Almost every exceptional leader has a passion for building and developing an elite team. After all, who would want to lead a run-of-the-mill team? That would not reflect well on your leadership skills. However, it takes more than a desire to lead an effective team. Leaders must be persistent and consistent in their pursuit of […]