Clever Restaurant Marketing Tactic with Food

Does food taste better when it’s cute? I dined at a Michelin-recommended restaurant where my party was tempted by the desserts shaped like fruits and animals. For example, pastry shaped like a purse, custard buns that looked like apricots, and tarot buns that looked like Minions. We chose the duck-shaped, mango-flavored milk gelatin. It hadContinue reading “Clever Restaurant Marketing Tactic with Food”

6 Tips for Travel Team Get-Togethers If You Work Remotely, Part 2

If you’re an extrovert and love to travel, a week-long, expenses-paid business trip to a resort town is paradise. If you’re an introvert, “team bonding” and “hanging out all day with your coworkers” sounds intimidating.  There’s a reason you love remote work. You’re in the safety of your own world and most communication takes placeContinue reading “6 Tips for Travel Team Get-Togethers If You Work Remotely, Part 2”

6 Tips for Travel Team Get-Togethers If You Work Remotely, Part 1

If you’re an extrovert and love to travel, a week-long, expenses-paid business trip to a resort town is paradise. If you’re an introvert, “team bonding” and “hanging out all day with your coworkers” sounds like an intimidating situation.  There’s a reason you love remote work. You’re in the safety of your own world and mostContinue reading “6 Tips for Travel Team Get-Togethers If You Work Remotely, Part 1”

Common Myths About Learning the English Language

How many languages do you speak? At a recent company get-together, we discovered that our team speaks 35 languages and not all of us are native English speakers.  This informal dinner table poll about languages made me wonder how difficult it is to learn a language. I then searched the internet for common myths aboutContinue reading “Common Myths About Learning the English Language”

Gratitude Quotes

Time to reflect! We’ve now completed the first three months of 2023, also known as Q1 in business circles. It’s also the end of another week. What are you grateful for? There are so many wonderful things: family, friends, the weekend, another fulfilling week… the list goes on. As we think about the things we’reContinue reading “Gratitude Quotes”