F5: Focus on Fulfillment and Future Financial Freedom
March 19, 2016 | Posted in Leading Hartfully, Living Hartfully | By Gaia Hart
Are you living a fulfilling life and doing what feeds your soul right now? At what age do you want to retire and what does retirement look like for you? The average American retires in their mid-sixties with only $10,000
Things About Energy, Empowerment, and Employee Retention that Make You Go Hmmmm
March 4, 2016 | Posted in Leading Hartfully, Living Hartfully | By Gaia Hart
Work-life programs are keeping workers at work and experts are attributing fewer sick days to these programs. With more flexibility to arrange their schedules and more workplace help with dry-cleaning, day-care, and car washing; workers aren’t as tempted to take
F4: Full Attention to the Fundamentals of Family and Faith
February 19, 2016 | Posted in Leading Hartfully, Living Hartfully | By Gaia Hart
Your faith and your family can pull you through most anything at all. The strength of your aspirations is based on the solid foundation of these two factors. It’s not necessarily about religion, but the true spirit of the goodness
Inspiration and Incentives that Work to Improve Work
February 4, 2016 | Posted in Leading Hartfully, Living Hartfully | By Gaia Hart
According to CCH, Inc. – an HR research firm, the Unscheduled Absence Survey found the number of employees missing work for personal reasons has increased to 21% from 11% last year. Of the 333 human resources executives surveyed, personal illness
F3: Find (F)understanding Friends
January 19, 2016 | Posted in Leading Hartfully | By Gaia Hart
Surround yourself with these people and your life will be filled with good times, support, laughter, camaraderie, and somebody to keep you in line when your energy is waning. Research suggests that having a support system with your friends or
Humor and Laughter as Stress Busters
January 4, 2016 | Posted in Leading Hartfully, Living Hartfully | By Gaia Hart
As a Certified Laughter Leader for over a decade; I feel the need to share some resources and statistics with you on the benefits of laughter at home and in the workplace to help reduce stress. Just 20-30 minutes per
Exercise Your Empathy and Compassion as Leaders
December 19, 2015 | Posted in Leading Hartfully, Living Hartfully | By Gaia Hart
Research from the neuroscience field has demonstrated that we’re actually hard-wired to empathize with those around us, thanks to a neural network called mirror neurons. We see it when we hear of natural disasters, which causes a deep emotional response.
Back: Back Up Important Plans, Documents, and Data
December 4, 2015 | Posted in Leading Hartfully, Living Hartfully | By Gaia Hart
Free yourself from the stress and worry over losing your hard work, your critical information, or your well-crafted plans. Create systems and methods to save yourself from accidents such as fire, flood, earthquakes, computer crashes, power surges, theft, unexpected emergencies,
