What I Learned from My Cat

What I Learned from My Cat

This post is part of our 2017 Team Buzz Builder Guest Blogger series. Today we are pleased to introduce you to bestselling author and customer service expert, Chip R. Bell.  Week before last, I visited the Key West home of famed writer Ernest Hemingway. The...
Can I Have Your Attention Please?

Can I Have Your Attention Please?

In November 2016, I read an article posted in a Facebook group of social media lovers. This article, Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend On It, was written by Cal Newport, author of several books including Deep Work and So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why...
What Really Matters

What Really Matters

Amy, a long-time Weaving Influence team member, lost her mother, Carolyn, last week. In the week or so before her mother’s death, she took off some time to plan music and gather photos for her mother’s memorial service. She said, wisely, “I...
Decision #4: I Will Keep Going

Decision #4: I Will Keep Going

This post begins with a confession: sometimes I think about quitting. Don’t worry — I don’t think about it in a serious way. I think about it in a wondering way. I wonder what it would be like to drop my kids off at school and come home to a cup of coffee...
Not an Ideal Day

Not an Ideal Day

This has not been an ideal day, although it started out fine enough. I woke up at the right time, brewed a cup of coffee in my Keurig, and sat down to work. I had planned to write, but had important emails to attend to, so I answered those. Then I connected in an...