Posts By: Dr. Vik

Are we breathing?

We may be, but when was the last time we took a big breath? We’re talking about expanding our lungs… filling up every alveoli – all 300 million of them with life sustaining oxygen! For those that do aerobic (means – with oxygen) activity…it happens with the expansion of the lungs and the elevation of… Read more »

Humility…

Is the quality or condition of being humble. In life… working as a family or a team, it allows things to get done, as there is no job too big or too small or insignificant for anyone to do. Humility takes the ego and arrogance out of the equation, creating the sum of smooth interaction… Read more »

Follow a recipe?

Sure, if we want to make something that someone else created. But the True Masters live and breathe it…and have it all in their head. Just like all the employees at Zappos.com…they have all created a Vision, Purpose, Cause and Culture…that is great and getting better. Maybe that’s why they are all Masters in what… Read more »

The itsy bitsy spider…

Came up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again. “If an itsy bitsy spider can overcome…so can we”. Yours in “Overcoming Challenges” – Coach

Thinking about…

The “what ifs” that “could have been” can actually be a good thing… It let’s us view what happened in the past, where we thought we didn’t quite reach up to our potential and allows us to dream up how we could have made it better. So it’s OK to think about the “what ifs”… Read more »

Off the Clock?

In observing human behavior, when people go “Off the Clock” or off work if you will, manners seem to drop off the table. In restaurants, the servers are usually polite and the ones being served don’t seem to say thank you or please as much as they would while working. Road rage is a prime… Read more »

Mindful Eating?

Yeah, I’m being mindful of what I eat and boy it’s a challenge… Congratulations to those of you who have been being more mindful of what you are eating in you daily deluge of too many choices. With the holidays coming up…it’s gonna be “game on” with the decisions to be made of what goes… Read more »

There will never be another you…

We’ve heard it before, with virtually countless generations and billions of people currently on this planet, there will never be another you. May not be a big deal at a glance, but when we really think about it, if there will never be another you, what are you doing to make your contribution to history?… Read more »

Some of us don’t remember…

Or weren’t around for past economic challenges, but they came and went. 1981 Home Mortgage Interest rate – 20%. 2008 Home mortgage Interest rate – 6%. 2000 Dot com bubble burst – Nasdaq went down 78%. 2008 Stock Market Collapse – Nasdaq went down 47%. “The first major financial crisis in the United States featured… Read more »

Better late than never?

Sometimes…but if being late is a habit, then you should probably start adhering to “Better never than late”. You see, when you have a tendency to be habitually late…you are sending two clear messages: 1. I am more important than you. 2. You are less important than me. So if that’s the way you want… Read more »