When we look at life through a transactional lens (what can you do for me) instead of a transformational lens (what can I do for you), we’re always left wanting more.

The problem with your marketing is your messaging. Messaging defines who your brand is and why customers need you. Most of us don’t have a clear message that resonates with the people we’re trying to reach. Let’s fix that.

I’ve been looking for the secret to happiness, and all along, it was as simple as that: cleaning fish.

Every day we ask people to do something: join, volunteer, donate, attend, recycle, eat, read, exercise. Sometimes they say yes; lots of times they say no, or don’t say anything at all.

I see you. You, the thousands of Extension professionals whose jobs have been terminated with the elimination of SNAP-Ed. The elimination of the SNAP-Ed program doesn’t make sense.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. The best we can hope for is work-life harmony. When we aim for harmony rather than balance, we live knowing that the mix will sometimes lean toward work; other times it will lean toward home.

Feedback done well leads to growth and motivation. Susan Sloop offers strategies for effective feedback using the S-B-I process.

When work gets crazy (crazy hard, crazy sad, crazy busy, crazy mad), and I am digging deep to find a reason to smile, I pull up the Extension Worker’s Creed to remind me why I chose this work.

These are the pillars of our operating procedures and strategic guidelines. They may seem simple but I use them constantly to assess whether we are on the right path, as individuals, and as a team.