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Building A Solid Foundation

Wouldn’t it be great to find the perfect person to spend the rest of your life with? Marrying the right person the first time would certainly eliminate the increase in the divorce rate in this country, which continues to climb. Keeping a marriage together these days takes a lot of hard work. It takes a

Jul 17, 2014 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Careful Communication

Each day presents us with new experiences and challenges. I find one of the greatest challenges I face each day is finding enough time to do the things I want to do – and need to do – whether it be at home or at work. I am sure most of you agree that some

May 13, 2014 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Flying High

“Look Dad, you’re flying!” Those wonderful words spoken by my three-year-old son, Christian, while I struggled to regain my balance, inspired the theme of my speaking business: “Who needs legs, when you have wings?” Flights of fancy, I believe, are as important as real flight. Of course I will never really fly. That is impossible.

Aug 22, 2013 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Blame Game

To regret the experience is to regret the lesson – because the lesson is inextricably contained in the experience. Too often when changes occur and our circumstances are not as we planned, we tend to focus on what we lost, what we’ve missed, what’s gone wrong, who is to blame, and “why me.” We are

Jul 22, 2013 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Come What May

When a broken bone heals, it is stronger in that place than it was before the break. It is the same with mental or emotional injury and healing. You can become stronger than before the injury.That is the beauty of healing. That is the gift of injury. I struggle to breathe. I slip in and

Jun 22, 2013 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Why You Need to Stop Pursuing Work-Life Balance

Work – Life Balance. As a baby boomer teen born to depression-era parents, I never heard that term once. Didn’t exist back then and, if it had, it would have never come out of my father’s mouth. Hard work was his life, and when he had a day off, he worked. To my dad and

May 22, 2013 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Leader-Less

Ants are some of the most diligent creatures on earth. Aspiring leaders can learn a thing or two from ants – how to work hard for what they want and how best to lead their followers in simple ways. We as humans are obsessed with leadership. Ants don’t have any leaders. We build huge inefficient

Mar 19, 2013 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

The Price Of Integrity

Promises are easily made. Keeping them often proves more difficult because when we are pressured to strive always for perfection, we find it simpler to agree to undertake impossible tasks than to say no. Whenever you give your word to someone, you have to follow through on it. You have to keep your word, because

Mar 19, 2013 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

Attitude of Gratitude

Today, I am keenly aware of the fact that life is far better than I deserve. Which is saying something these days. The truth is the world is full of pain and suffering. Hardship and turmoil. Disappointment and regret. So the fact that I can be thankful (and mean it) today is, in its own

Nov 19, 2012 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

DON’T DROP THE BALL

We have many opportunities to improve our safety performance, but the question is: Are we really taking advantage of these opportunities? Let’s look at specific examples Driving on company premises • Are we obeying the speed limit? • Are we using our seat belts? • Are we stopping at stop signs? • Are we pulling

Sep 19, 2012 / by Alisa Hafen / No Comments

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