Author
Julie Tofilon
A good work ethic requires more than duct tape and rubber bands. Recently a friend shared with me his ongoing problems with an underperformer on the team he manages. In order to meet deadlines, instead of working more diligently,… Continue Reading →
What happens if it doesn’t happen? Sometimes we need to let it. You know the scenario—either you or someone else says, “If I don’t do this, it won’t happen.” That may be true. If you don’t take the initiative,… Continue Reading →
Minds are like cars—when kept in neutral, they’ll always roll backwards, downhill. You’ve likely heard the adage, “Use it or lose it”. Whether it’s our physical muscles or brain “muscles”, they naturally atrophy from lack of exercise. To make… Continue Reading →
You can’t drive in a nail without lifting up the hammer. Productivity depends on taking breaks. Granted, if the hammer stays up the nail will never get driven in. And if we don’t get back to work, the work won’t… Continue Reading →
Remember the next morning before you do or say anything now! My senior year of high school I had the blessing of spending over eleven months in rural Finland as an exchange student. During that time a popular public-service announcement… Continue Reading →
Everyone knows that toxic leaders ruin an organization. Ball hogs and junkyard dogs are bad enough on a team but put them in leadership and they’ll “run off” all the true service animals! What does that leave an organization… Continue Reading →
The stone on top of the stack isn’t the biggest or best one. Nor is it necessarily the most beautiful. In fact, it’s there because of the bigger ones supporting it underneath. Likewise, a higher position doesn’t equal a superior… Continue Reading →
At the end of the day, there has to be an end of the day. In other words, know when it’s time to stop working. Set boundaries around your time. Work won’t stop, but we can. But how… Continue Reading →
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.” Mat. 6:24 Many years ago, a few months after we got… Continue Reading →
We’ve heard the saying, “A watched pot never boils”, meaning “Don’t just sit around anxiously waiting for something to happen or it will seem to take even longer, or may not even happen at all.” That’s true. But there are… Continue Reading →
Our feelings are real, but they don’t equal reality. For example—we feel hurt because of what we perceive as disrespect by someone who still hasn’t answered our email after a week. This is a real and valid feeling and concern…. Continue Reading →
“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.” Ps. 27:4… Continue Reading →
To be truly great, we must be truly good. In other words, as Jesus told His disciples: “’But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as… Continue Reading →
Those who know what to do when, and when to do what, will never have trouble with time management. Have you ever wondered what to do next, or what to do with those time-gaps between appointments and obligations? Any… Continue Reading →
You’ve heard it said, “The devil is in the details”, but we can find angels there too. For non-detail-oriented people, details can seem boring, too much bother, and a bit superfluous. It’s true, over-attention to miniscule details does overcomplicate… Continue Reading →
