by DarEll Hoskisson | Aug 20, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
Poor customer service makes me feel completely invisible. Although I can see the waiter, I can’t get his attention. Or I stand near the front desk wondering if the attendant even knows I’m standing there waiting. We all recognize what excellent customer service is...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Aug 13, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
School starts soon. I made all the necessary arrangements. I checked their supply lists twice. My children are all packed and ready to go. I start to ease up the wake up time so the first couple weeks of school won’t be so exhausting, and I feel my anxiety start...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Aug 6, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
Are you looking in the mirror or at the scale in dismay? Maybe your New Year’s resolutions fizzled out over the year or like me your routine got lost somewhere on vacation. I ache all over today from too many good workouts all in a row. I’m tired. I laugh at myself...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Jul 30, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
“Take a break.” I paid eighty dollars to hear that advice. Do you know what kind of break I could have had for eighty dollars? I thought of all the reasons I couldn’t. I thought of all the hassles, costs and necessary arrangements. It just didn’t seem worth it....
by DarEll Hoskisson | Jul 23, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
George Bernard Shaw said, “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” But, I didn’t create myself. I feel sure of that. I didn’t create myself any more than I created the river. I watched the roiling inky black water slide under my kayak...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Jul 16, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
Is the problem you are trying to solve actually the problem? The question stares up at me from my desk. It is such a useful question. I love to solve problems, clearing the way for freedom and progress. I have to remember to ask myself that question because so...
