By Lani and Allen Voivod As small business owners, it’s all too easy for us to get so immersed in the daily planning and producing of projects and profits that we forget to step back and take a look at the Bigger Picture of what’s going on “in the field,” as they say. So take [...]

By Tinu AbayomiPaul It’s not just that social media is about connecting and relationships, or that business is about relationships. It’s not just that social media has helped to facilitate that connection across borders of distance. Nor is it about the fact that social media can penetrate through layers of handlers to get you in [...]

Copyright © 2009 MHG Consulting One of the most important aspects of living a healthy and prosperous life is understanding “risk.” By this I mean knowing how to understand and analyze situations in life that affect health. Being able to accurately weigh benefits and risks when making health decisions is very important! Too often decisions [...]

Believe it or not, I know exactly what to do when my clients have lost their “center,” and come to me “for balance.” They usually report feelings of “being wired,” or say things like “I just can’t seem to shut my mind off at night” or ” I’m always on the go.” The stress and [...]

What’s it like to golf in the zone? Picture this…you’re gazing down at your ball, your hands are very comfortably gripping the handle of your club, you look out over the rolling green grass and you feel relaxed and calm. Your thoughts have ceased and you become aware of the breeze moving through the nearby [...]

“Words, words, words, I’m so sick of words … Show me” — So says Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady.” From lack of use, we dulled our ability to think in visual terms. We need to awaken a thinking that is natural to all of us from the time we are children. However, words come [...]

Influence is a two-way street. Everything you do and say has some influence on others – you are part of their external environment. You even exert a small degree of gravitational force on others, indeed, you exert gravitational force on the planet! Not a lot admittedly, but your mass does attract other mass. You knew [...]

We have all heard of IQ (intelligence quotient) which measures our intellectual ability and often predicts school performance. However, the idea of Emotional Intelligence or Emotional Quotient (EQ) is not as well known or understood even though it may determine as much as 80% of a person’s life success. IQ determines about 20%. The idea [...]