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  • Santa’s Top Skills Revealed

    Santa’s Top Skills Revealed

    This interesting and timely article dropped into my mailbox: a blog about the soft skills needed to run Santa’s worldwide business. Soft skills are skills such as leadership, active listening, critical thinking, and multitasking.

    Here are just some of the highlights from the longer article about what skills Santa uses to run his global gift operation.

    Leadership skills: he directs talented elves and a herd of magical reindeer and coordinates with families during one night of operations.

    Multitasking skills: Santa can’t miss that one deadline per year, so he has a lot to coordinate, from tuning up the sleigh to reading all the gift lists and managing the toy shop.

    Active listening skills: Santa listens carefully to all the children so he gets the details for their wish lists right, and he asks questions when needed for the best interaction possible. He pays attention to body language and the way the child is feeling.

    Santa possesses many soft skills that are needed to run such an important gift operation.

    For more about these skills, check out the original article.

  • A Visit With A Friend

    A Visit With A Friend

    Daily writing prompt
    If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?
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    Dear Friend,

    Thank you for letting me stay at your home for the past month. It was my first time in the big city and my first time away from home! I loved all the dessert places you took me to. The cookies and hot chocolate were wonderful. As with all good things, though, my time here has come to an end and it’s time to go home now that it’s winter and the holidays are approaching.

    Back home, no one sleeps at this time of year. The factory and workshop are open, and everyone works 24/7. It’s an important month! We are busy making toys. Millions upon millions of toys. We have the most advanced technology tracking all children and what toys they requested so that we can make them. I don’t know how we managed to get all those orders done on time before we had computers! I’m needed back home where I can help!

    During the weeks before Christmas, my job is to read letters from children and reply to them. We get thousands of letters! Then, on Christmas Eve, I help Santa load the toys on the sleigh. Then, on Christmas morning, we breathe a high sigh of relief for a job well done when Santa returns.

    This is what life is like at home at this time of year. I’m looking forward to going back. Next year, I hope to visit you again!

    With much love,

    Sammi Elf

  • Pre and Post Holiday Goals

    Pre and Post Holiday Goals

    December can be a very busy time of the year. Parties to attend for work and parties with friends and family. Shopping for gifts and time spent decorating the house for Christmas or other holidays at this time.

    Businesses are either picking up speed or slowing down, depending on their products or services. Some businesses have been busy selling seasonal gifts. Others have said they have noticed a severe drop in sales compared to the previous year. Companies may be wrapping up projects or putting a hold on them until the new year.

    December is the perfect time to think about what you’ve accomplished this year and what you want to accomplish next year. What are your goals for the upcoming year? With talks of a recession in 2023 and alarming inflation rates, it’s hard to predict what the future will bring.

    As December comes to an end and January looms ahead, take stock of what you have and grab onto the dependable things in your life, whether it’s family and friends you’re grateful for, loving pets, a solid income, hobbies or health that keeps you going… and get ready for the next chapter!

  • Do Businesses Celebrate Occasions Too Early?

    Do Businesses Celebrate Occasions Too Early?

    Have you noticed that before you have the chance to put away your beach gear and barbecue, Halloween decorations are already in the stores? Or have you found discount Halloween candy nearby the early Christmas promo items?

    If you can’t remember which holiday is coming up, or you procrastinate over buying seasonal items, businesses seem to have made it their mission to remind you about the upcoming holidays.

    Summer isn’t over yet, and you see back-to-school advertising. Time to take advantage of deals on school supplies and computers before the summer vacation has finished!

    If you’re not yet feeling the autumn mood, maybe the pumpkin spice latte ads will get you thinking about Thanksgiving dinners with turkey and pumpkin pie. In the mood for some candy? Check out the deals on bulk Halloween candy on store shelves a month before Halloween.

    Stores will remind you that Christmas is around the corner while your calendar still displays November on your wall. Remember you’ve got gifts to buy and decorating to do next month! businesses seem to say with their ads and displays.

    Maybe this is how the idea of Jack Skellington from Halloween Town meeting Santa from Christmas Town came about – from Halloween and Christmas decor just a shelf apart in the store. 

    Have you thought about simultaneously putting up your Halloween and Christmas decorations as a time saver? One time effort for two occasions. Scary gifts under the Christmas tree.

    These early reminders can be both good and bad. You’re reminded to prepare for these upcoming expenses and how quickly time flies. Should you buy early? Or wait for the sale? Or, you could be just a window shopper and enjoy the displays and seasonal deals without touching your wallet. 

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  • Happy Holidays!

    Happy Holidays!