I’m selling my soul, are you?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, Social Responsibility
I sold my soul. I sold my soul in New York City. I’m still selling my soul. I will always sell my soul. Perspective. It’s a tricky thing. It’s an intriguing thing. It can be a brick wall or a wide open window. The number one hit on ‘selling your soul’ is selling your soul [...]
Tags: danielle laporte, new york city, perspective, soul, Wellness
Where’s your off switch?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, training & development, Travel
When I was doing some training for the United Nations in East Africa a while back, some friends and I got together one night at a house to watch a movie and make cookies. The cookie dough never made it to the oven (a destination few cookie dough batches in my world meet) and the [...]
Tags: 24/7, health, off switch, united nations, Wellness
Those who laugh last (up to 7 years longer)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Humor & comedy
Having a happy disposition affects how long you live, up to 7 years longer than grumpy folk. Researchers at Wayne Statue University in Michigan looked at 230 pictures of major league baseball players from 1952. They categorized the pictures according to how much they were smiling and their laugh lines. They then looked at life [...]
Tags: biopsychoimmunoloyg, health, humor, Humor & comedy, laugh, laughter, learning, longevity, michigan, wayne state university, Wellness
Stress relief a la country music & dill pickles
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, communication, Humor & comedy
In my last post I talked about my first day on the job, doing job training for developmentally delayed adults when I was 17 years old. I learned a lot about expecting the unexpected there. From helping an elfin older lady named Cookie do up her bra to customizing stress relief. Stress. It’s a killer, [...]
Tags: change management, country music, creativity & innovation, developmental delay, pickles, stress, stress management, Wellness