by Donna Hemmert | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog |
“Perfect is the enemy of Good” ~Voltaire I remember the first time I led the launch of a major website back in the 1990s. Launching this site was a vast job and I really wanted everything to be PERFECT. We spent months planning, designing for every contingency while...
by Donna Hemmert | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog |
The idea of “cutting some slack” to another person or giving another the “benefit of the doubt” is a personal ideal for me. I have spent more than twenty years of my career in high-tech companies and have experienced many different corporate cultures. One early...
by Donna Hemmert | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog |
We often think of happiness as a state of mind, but our physical bodies have a large impact on our well-being that goes beyond our physical health. Our bodies can either help or hinder our performance and well-being, on the job or at home, in more ways than are...
by Donna Hemmert | May 23, 2017 | Blog |
Are you truly motivated in your job? If you are, consider yourself among the happy minority. According to the latest studies, no more than 13 percent of employees worldwide are engaged at work, while one in four people are actively disengaged. To misquote Thoreau, a...
by Donna Hemmert | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog |
Rational-choice theory attempts to explain human choice by assuming we are rational choosers, have well ordered preferences, and have information on costs and benefits. It also assumes we compare options on the basis of preference, value or utility. Additionally, the...
How Lowering your Expectations Can Help You
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