Breakfast, NOT The Most Importan Meal of The Day!
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Published:09/28/2016 04:43pm
If breakfast is so important, then how come people in healthy regions around the world dont really eat breakfast?A day does not go by without hearing about the importance of eating breakfast and how good it is for your weight and health. If you ask most people today what is the most important meal of the day they will tell you, breakfast. That is a belief I questioned very early in my fitness career mainly because it completely contradicted my upbringing in Greece. If I had lived in a place where people were very unhealthy and lived short lives full of...
The Best Diet or Exercise Program will not help you if you can't follow it!
Published:09/27/2016 02:58pm
You can ask 10 weight loss experts what is the best way to lose weight and you will get 10 different answers. So who should you believe and why? The unfortunate truth is that most likely all 10 are wrong and here is why. Most weight loss experts have focused so much on creating the perfect diet or the best exercise program that would deliver the fastest results, they forgot that a diet that no one can follow long term or an exercise program that no one can stick with is not very effective. Just look at...
Easy Tips to Spice up Your Diet!
Published:09/21/2016 01:06am
I love adding spices to my cooking. Besides some of the well-hyped health benefits, they just make food more interesting. The same ingredients from one dish can be magically transformed into something completely different just based on the spice profile. It can set apart one regions or even one persons cooking from another. It separates, say, East coast cuisine from the West, as well as Aunt Emmas chili from your own concoction. Spices make all the difference. Now, truth be told, Im more talk than action. I have over 40 spices in my cabinet, carefully labeled and arranged alphabetically, but...
5 simple steps to a dinner to nourish your gut
Published:09/15/2016 07:26am
It is my favorite time of year in Minnesota. The weather is getting cooler, life is getting more settled again after the busyness of summer, and the Farmers Markets are full of beautiful food. Not only is the food delicious, but also I appreciate being able to buy from local farmers and vendors. There are several reasons why this benefits my family, and the local community, as well as me. As I prepare for a FREE class I am offering in October, I am thinking about how food allows us to thrive and how people around the world who...
Your Company is Growing - Now What?
Published:09/07/2016 12:28pm
Small business owners live for it. That moment of jubilation when the markers you and your team have worked so hard to achieve have not only been met, but continuously exceeded. At this point, your one-time goal becomes a threshold, and the bar is set ever higher. This is when the realization dawns that in having reached the next level, the competition becomes fiercer, the need to succeed intensifies, and new and greater challenges await. What is the best advice to assist companies that are transitioning through small business growth to emerge as mid-sized firms?The race goes to the swift. In...
Leadership Anecdotes from Rio Olympics 2016
Published:08/18/2016 11:51pm
The Olympics is one of the most prestigious sporting spectacles of the world. An Olympic medal is the epitome of sporting achievement. Over the decades, many sportspersons have gone on to become legends in Olympic history. Rio 2016 is no different. In this blog, I pick and elaborate on 5 of the most inspiring leadership anecdotes from the Rio Olympics 2016. Dipa Karmarkar Persistence makes up for all shortcomings When Dipa Karmakar competed in her first gymnastics competition, she did so without shoes and borrowed an oversized, ill-fitting costume (Source: BBC Sports). ...
5 simple steps to a dinner to nourish your gut
Published:07/28/2016 03:39am
Is your gut a mess constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, gas and bloating? If so, you are not alone! Millions of people suffer with these same symptoms. And sadly, so many are reaching for over the counter medications to quickly cover up the symptoms so they dont interfere too much with life. Well, it isnt working well for most. The symptoms just keep coming back and sadly they will continue to get worse and could lead to more serious conditions if the gut doesnt get healed. Where do you begin? How about dinner! Start one meal at...
The Human Side of Project Management
Published:07/21/2016 05:12am
We live in a world that is increasingly being driven by automation, tools and data. Companies have been referring to their human capital as resources since eons. The Project management space is no different. With organizations investing in advanced project management tools and globalization driving a need for collaboration, the people side of project management does tend to get ignored more often than not. Through this post, I am going to focus on the people aspect of project management. H ear them out Behind every successful project is a tight knit team. And good teams...
Debunking Myths about Project Management as a Career
Published:07/21/2016 05:03am
There has been a lot of talk and discussion about how the project management discipline has changed over the years and the relevance of the project management role in todays context. A significant percentage of these discussions give an impression that the project management role may not survive the ongoing evolution and technology dominance. As a someone who has been working with project managers extensively, I think would like to completely put those notions to rest with this blog. Project management is glorified coordination Ask a novice to describe the project management role and 9 out of 10 will say...
Project Management in the Startup World
Published:10/06/2016 12:21am
According to a survey conducted in 2015, 543,000 startups were set up in the US every month. 19.4 million non-employer businesses were a sole proprietorship, 1.6 million were partnerships and 1.4 million were corporations. These are staggering numbers, considering this is just the US representation. Just to think about how many of these go on to become enterprises of the futureWow!As exciting and cool as they may look, startups are an unstructured and constraint filled world. Successful entrepreneurs will tell you that they spend as many hours sorting out chaos as they do acquiring customers. Given the urgency of getting the...
How to clear up your skin while healing your gut
Published:07/14/2016 03:43am
Do you remember the skin of your childhood? It is just one of the many parts of your body that may have functioned better in early life. It was probably soft, smooth and blemish free. We all want to have healthy looking skin. And healthy looking skin is not just aesthetic it may tell us something about the health inside as well. What has changed as you age so you no longer have the skin of a child? So many things, of course exposure to the environment, stress, hormonal changes, medication, diet. And some of these we...
Calling All Men to Focus on Scoring Better Health
Published:07/01/2016 02:02am
June recognizes a number of health-related dates. It is noted as Mens Health Month and includes Mens Health Week. Additionally there is also Wear Blue Day the color that is designated to raise awareness and educate men and women about the importance of mens health. Whether it is a day, a week or the entire month, I want to encourage men to note and not ignore the signals their bodies may send that there is something out of order. Mens health is at risk as a result of some of the same health concerns we see in women. Cardiovascular (CVD)...
Aiming for Harvard? A Perfect SAT Score Can Actually Backfire
Published:06/28/2016 12:02pm
Most guidance counselors and college consultants will tell you that kids need stellar GPAs and a perfect SAT score to get into their dream schools.Theyll also tell you that they need to take a slew of AP and honors courses will advise them to fill up their activity sheet with volunteering and time-intensive extracurriculars.So why are many high-achieving student getting waitlisted at their top choice schools?Because next to every other high-achieving student, they look average. The schools dont want to outright reject these students because theyre obviously so capable. So instead the colleges bump them onto the waiting list.So,...
Be Stroke Aware Year ‘Round
Published:06/23/2016 02:13am
As we wrap up the month designated for Stroke Awareness, lets remember that its important to be mindful of our health and the symptoms of stroke every month. Every 40 seconds someone in the United States has a stroke. According to the World Heart Federation, the global stats show that every year 15 million people suffer a stroke. Strokes are a leading cause of disability and they can result in death. A stroke is a brain attack. They occur if there is a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. It can be daunting to take a look...
Paddling the Snake River
Published:06/02/2016 05:44pm
By Elizabeth C. Terhaar On October 3, my coworkers Brett, Dennis, and I joined 300 kayaktivists advocating for dam removal on the Snake River with a peaceful Free the Snake protest and flotilla staged near Lower Granite Dam. It was an inspiring day. The road trip started with a 4:30am departure from Hood River, and five hours later we were welcomed on the Snake River by a fleet of colorful boats and characters. There were fishermen, boaters, orca lovers, tribal members, and other river advocates rallying on the river in support of removing the four lower Snake River...
