When planning a vacation, some people are content to sit on the beach for a week, while others want to give back to the communities they visit. Combining volunteer work with a vacation, sometimes called “voluntourism,” is growing in popularity, expected to increase 6.1% between 2024 and 2030. “Dedicating time to making a positive difference…
Building an online presence isn’t enough for businesses to stand out in today’s evolving digital landscape. To stay competitive and empower growth, companies must also focus on boosting online visibility and credibility to attract better web traffic, leads and long-term business opportunities. This is where search engine optimization, commonly called SEO, comes into the picture….
As sustainability increasingly becomes a critical focus in modern business, entrepreneurs face new challenges and opportunities to create responsible and successful future-proof businesses. In a market where there is a demand for greater environmental and social responsibility, it has become essential for business leaders to understand how to integrate genuinely sustainable practices in their business…
Work as we know it is evolving. Whether it’s a business, side hustle or traditional career, how we earn, build wealth and eventually retire is changing with the passage of time, new technology emerging and different mindsets about work within each generation. Gen Z, in particular, has adopted a different view of work and has…
Shadow work has been one of the best emotional healing tools I’ve used thus far in life. I’ve had several “dark nights of the soul” that caused me intense emotional distress. My first “dark night,” I was flat broke with no money to invest in counseling. That’s not a great space to be in when…
Startups usually get attention when they raise significant capital—but the soft skills side of startup culture deserves more attention. After all, leadership, self-discipline and determination are also essential for growth. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy understands the value of preserving a startup culture, even within a multi-trillion-dollar organization, and expressed its importance in his latest Amazon…
Kindness heals and uplifts. Choose to be kind, even when it’s not easy. Embrace every opportunity to be helpful and considerate to others. We never know what someone is going through. A little more patience and understanding can go a long way. “Patience is when you’re supposed to get mad, but you choose to understand.” …
How many of us become clueless when asked about ourselves? It is easy to know and understand people around us, but looking in the mirror and properly seeing ourselves might not be easy. We tend to be blinded by what we think we are and that gets in the way of us properly understanding who…
Humans are hard-wired for connection—we want to belong to something greater than ourselves. And for many people, that “greater something” is the workplace, says Beth Kaplan, author of Braving the Workplace: Belonging at the Breaking Point. With new work structures established in the 20th century, including the 40-hour work week, minimum wage requirements, and the…
Monthly motivational message for June 2025 – The practice of self-awareness involves learning about yourself. At first, it seems like an odd concept to grasp, doesn’t it? We’re used to learning about things foreign to us, but getting to know ourselves, our own minds, where we spend all our time – that’s a…
