Entries by Dana and Ellen Borowka

The Genius Within

By Dr. David Hawkins, M.D. Ph.D. – Excerpt from the book, Power Vs. Force Recognized geniuses may be rare, but genius resides within all of us. There’s no such thing as “luck” or “accident” in this cosmos; and not only is everything connected to everything else, no one is excluded from the universe – we’re […]

Making Successful Changes

By Ellen & Daniel Borowka I’m sure you’ve had times in your life when making a change becomes a big challenge. Perhaps you want to change how you deal with certain situations or a part of your lifestyle like your diet or exercise. Change is very difficult no matter what we want to change. We […]

Get Real!

By Dana Borowka How often have you ever said or thought… “Get real”. What a challenge those set of words can conjure up in one’s mind. Being authentic can bring a number of mixed messages based on what we base our sense of reality on. One of the definitions for “authenticity” includes “genuineness or truth […]

How to Deal with Anxious People

By Mark Goulston – First published March 19, 2008, Harvard Business When your people are anxious – and do you know anyone who isn’t? –their minds constrict. Neuroanatomically that means that the middle mammalian emotional brain has trouble accessing the upper human rational brain (which could put things into perspective) and it takes everything in […]

Hiring Sales People & Attracting Top Talent!

By Dana Borowka In this day and age, making the wrong hiring decision can cost you $50,000 to multiples of millions of dollars!! That’s a high price to pay, and it’s a conservative figure when you factor in the emotional pressures of training, evaluation, termination and then starting the hiring process all over again. By […]

Streamlining Distribution

By Ted Margison As the economy slowly heads forward, most companies need to get more done with the same resources. Streamlining operations means eliminating activities that don’t add value and putting in place controls to make sure transactions get processed quickly and effectively. Eliminate Non-Productive Activities Everyone is really busy – they’re already overloaded, or […]

Six Ways to Improve Interpersonal Communication During Unstable & Challenging Times

By Dana & Ellen Borowka, MA Have you ever had miscommunication with your employees or co-workers that resulted in costly errors? [dropcaps type=”circle” color=”” background=””]I[/dropcaps]t’s been said there is a significant difference between hearing someone speak to you and really listening to what they say. Most managers consider themselves to be good listeners. But is […]

Feeling Burdened?

By Dana Borowka How many days go by where you feel burden free? Any? Even for a moment? Most of us tend to feel pretty loaded up with all sorts of stuff on a regular basis. Most can’t even imagine what life would be like if we didn’t have all that “stuff” that literally creates […]

Deeply Prepared People Create Their Own Weather

By Larry Wilson & Hersch Wilson, Authors of Play to Win A few years ago, I went on a four-day adventure in the High Country wilderness of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Santa Fe. We were divided into essentially two types of people. There were the “outdoor” enthusiasts who exulted in being in […]

Leadership: How to Listen To Your Inner Compass

By Paul David Walker Cause and Effect Moves With or Without You The flow of cause and effect move events, stimulate ideas, and drive consumer wants and needs because everything is connected. This flow has a powerful momentum, and moves like the multi-dimensional currents in a powerful river. This force moves forward with, or without, […]