Wise Words for You

Teenagers are notoriously tough to serve at restaurants— they're loud and rowdy, and are typically bad tippers. A group of teens' apology letter is trending this week after they lived up to their stereotypes, leaving a waiter a $3.28 tip on a dinner for four. The waiter shared the story, which thankfully has a happy ending, with  Live Play Eat . A group of young teens came into his restaurant before their homecoming celebration, the website says, and the waiter wanted to make sure they had a good time, remembering how important his own high school dances were. He was surprised to see that they had left him such a small tip at the end of the night, but he chalked it up to the ungratefulness of teens. A week and a half later, he was in for a pleasant surprise when the kids delivered a heartfelt apology explaining what happened, and thanking him for "not treating us like babies." They even added in a full 18% tip, plus a little extra for "simply being amazing...

UEFA recently revealed the new branding for the UEFA Champions League. The UEFA Champions League brand for the 2018/19 season has a vibrant new look, based on a concept called 'Highlighting moments that make the ultimate stage'. UEFA revisits its competition brand identity every three years, in sync with the commercial cycle of broadcast and sponsorship rights. Compared with previous brand identity updates, the new design is a bigger change. While the 'starball' visual gains importance in the new identity, the distinct and successful 'ultimate stage' arena still features in the branding package. This provides an extended range of key visuals that can be used for communication purposes, both internally as well as by UEFA's partners.

The Class 802's have now entered service in Cornwall. The Class 802 Intercity Express Train (802003 and 005) ran for the very first time on Monday 20th August with passengers on board, forming the 0553 Plymouth to London Paddington service. A second train (802 006 and 007) formed the 0730 London Paddington to Penzance service. Great Western Railway Manging Director Mark Hopwood said: “We know how important the railway is to the economies and communities of the South West and I am delighted to see this first new train for Devon and Cornwall services carry passengers. “Already delivering significant improvements elsewhere on the GWR network these new trains will, with an improved timetable, enable us to offer a step change in passenger transport. “The trains will help us provide faster, more frequent services into the South West, each offering up to 24% more seats per train, in greater comfort and with improved on board facilities.” Last year, the first wave of Int...

ScotRail has announced that its first fully upgraded InterCity train has arrived in Scotland. The high-speed train travelled from Doncaster and crossed the border, ahead of its arrival at Haymarket depot in Edinburgh. It will enter service between Aberdeen and Edinburgh "in the coming weeks", once crew training is complete. A total of 17 five-carriage and nine four-carriage trains will be used on lines linking Scotland's seven cities. ScotRail said the upgraded trains offered more seats and increased luggage space than its current fleet. Each train also has a new cafe area on board in addition to the usual trolley service. The upgrade is part of ScotRail's planned £475m investment in rolling stock over seven years. Chris Tait, ScotRail's high-speed trains project manager, said: "I'm delighted that the first of our iconic trains has arrived in Scotland. "They will transform rail travel in Scotland by providing more seats and...

US outlet John Wall Street appears to have confirmed the numbers circulating about the imminent Arsenal Adidas kit deal. Last month, the Daily reported that Arsenal would sign a five-year, £60m-a-season deal with Adidas and now John Wall Street has ran its own story with the same specifics. ARSENAL TO SIGN 5-YEAR ADIDAS KIT DEAL? Arsenal's Adidas kit deal would slot in right behind FC Barcelona's Nike and Manchester United's Adidas deals, a stark improvement of the current deal with Puma, worth £30m per season reportedly. Adidas Arsenal concept

" Crabbit  ", also variously titled " Anyone called Derek ", [1]  " Look Closer Nurse ", " Kate ", " Open Your Eyes " or " What Do You See? ", is a poem written in 1966 by Phyllis McCormack, then working as a nurse in  Sunnyside Hospital ,  Montrose . The poem is written in the voice of an old woman in a nursing home who is reflecting upon her life.  Crabbit  is  Scots  for "bad-tempered" or "grumpy". The poem appeared in the  Nursing Mirror  in December 1972 without attribution. Phyllis McCormack explained in a letter to the journal that she wrote the poem in 1966 for her hospital newsletter. This story was corroborated by an article from the  Daily Mail  on 12 March 1998, where Phyllis McCormack's son wrote that his mother composed it in the 1960s, when she submitted it anonymously with the title "Look Closer Nurse" to a small magazine intended just for Sunnyside. The next year, t...

Do you know the number of children who can get some educations from parents or teachers? The number of children who can’t get some educations is 59 million all over the world. According to the UNISEF study, children without educations can’t adapt to the environment when it changes suddenly. In addition, they might cause some problems to the societies such as homicide, suicide, cruel treatment and so on. This is the human’s crisis to keep our safety life. Now, we should start the “effective educations” to children to improve and solve this situation and problems. In this blog, I will argue the need for “effective education” based on the prospective view of the world without children’s education and how to put the “effective education” into practice based on the organisations and people who are trying to grapple with the better education. Imagine that you lived in a world without children’s educations? That’s difficult to imagine for the people who got education, but the number...

Team Engagement Team engagement is more than just a buzzword.  Companies large and small have learned the value of engaging employees and what they mean to both the profitability and longevity of the company. Millions of dollars are spent every year to discover ways to keep employees engaged.  Part of their budget is spent on discovering and retaining team leaders who are successful in engaging team members. Gallup recently released new research that discovered that “disengaged” employees offer the greatest opportunity for businesses to improve their performance and profitability. That’s where you come in! Here are 4 proven ways to keep your team engaged regularly, resulting in employees who are motivated, work with passion, and achieve a purpose in their everyday tasks that gives them a profound connection to your company and their work. Individual commitment to a group effort ― that is what makes a team work, a com...

This post is about inspiring others. It is a brief lesson on leadership and vision. How do you inspire people? How do you inspire others to buy into your vision? Creating a vision for the future is relatively straightforward. Inspiring others to follow your vision is a challenge. Vision A leader shapes and shares a vision, which gives point to the work of others. –  Charles Handy Some leaders create a vision of the future yet fail to move people into action. They fail to articulate and communicate their vision. Few buy into the vision; fewer truly follow. In contrast, some leaders have imagination and know where they are going. They inspire others and bring them on the journey. How do they do this? Is it passion? Possibly. Is it position? Certainly not. Inspiring Others Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe. –...

It’s the classic question of all time: “Who Am I?” Am I the conscious me… the guy who works and plays and thinks and is aware of himself? Am I the subconscious me… the person with deep, hidden desires I don’t even know about? Am I the spiritual me… driven by spiritual forces and universal realities I can only guess at? Am I the person I wish I was, or the person I fear I am? Am I the person my friends think they know? Who Is The Real Me? Let’s check out the possibilities. AM I THE CONSCIOUS ME? I know for sure that I’m not just the conscious me. I can be aware of working and playing and thinking on a moment-by-moment basis but something deeper is driving me all the time too. As I sit here writing this I’m aware of my thoughts about the topic and of the feeling of the keys on the keyboard and the look of the words on my computer screen. But I sure don’t know all of the motivations that made me sit here and do this. Something subconscious definitely...

An often forgotten adage reminds us that while you can try to fool others (either successfully, or generally not), it is invariably more challenging to convince yourself something that might be somewhat less than flattering about you! After over three decades of involvement in conducting hundreds of self-help or personal development seminars/ programs, I have learned how few individuals are either ready, willing and able to be objectively introspective, especially when it pertains to their own views, positions, strengths and weaknesses. However, the reality is that it is nearly impossible to enhance yourself in any type of relevant, sustainable or meaningful manner, unless and until, you focus on identifying, understanding and getting in touch with the real you! Here are 5 ways to proceed along towards a true personal discovery process. 1. Ask, If I met me, would I like me? What is it that either attracts you to some others, as well as what qualities or behaviours turn you ...

Sometimes it feels like the older I get, the less I know. How is this possible! We’re supposed to be getting smarter, wiser, and more fabulous as we age, right? (Okay, the part about “fabulous” might only be true for Jennifer Aniston, whose body could inspire the sequel to Benjamin Button!) But it seems like, as we age, we are bombarded with messages from advertisers, family, friends, and the media about how we should live our lives. For instance: I’m sure your mother would do cartwheels if you were married by 25, lived within two miles of her, and granted her exactly 2.5 grandchildren. But that might not be your cup of coffee. When the world dictates how you should live your life, it can actually become harder to be true to your authentic self. In my last Something Different for Women class, we talked about aligning with the powers that be: Your True Self. Jennifer Maculoso said: “Success will always find you when are authentic. Follow your bliss and you will always feel...

Many people have the misconception that by being assertive they’re hurting other people’s feelings, or coming across as arrogant or uncaring. Assertive behaviour, however, is being able to express your feelings, opinions, beliefs, and standing up for your own or other people’s rights while remaining calm and positive. It is a style of communication that involves being able to say what you want, need and feel, safe in the knowledge you’re not hurting the feelings of other people. Assertiveness involves expressing your needs honestly, directly and in an appropriate manner. Putting your point across without becoming aggressive, without denying the rights of others or passively accepting what you don’t want. It involves understanding the other person’s point of view and behaving logically. “Behavior which enables a person to act in his own best interests, to stand up for himself without undue anxiety, to express his honest feeling comfortably, or to exercise his own rights ...