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Why the Best Holiday Present Is Your Presence
Have you ever received an invitation to a celebration that includes the note, “Your presence is the best present?” You might think this phrase is a kind of corny way to let people know you’re hosting a gift-free gathering. But at Live Bright Now, we think replacing “presents” with “presence” is a brilliant approach to getting through the sanity-testing, budget-breaking, stress-inducing holiday season. Here’s why we hope you’ll think about presence, not presents, in the weeks ahead—plus three easy ways to keep your holiday season bright.
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2024
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- Jun 26, 2024 Engaging Freelancers and Remote Workers: Strategies for Building a Connected Team
- May 29, 2024 Understanding "Awe" and Its Powerful Impact on Company Culture
- Apr 24, 2024 Cultivating Presence: The Role of Bright Listening in Team Dynamics
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- Feb 28, 2024 The Joy of Enough: My Ropes Course Revelation
- Jan 26, 2024 Enhancing Team Dynamics: Creating Your Personal Operations Manual
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2022
- Jun 8, 2022 The Great Re-Evaluation: Creating Work Cultures Where People Want to Be
- Apr 6, 2022 Feeling Anxious? Uncertain? Unmoored? Oh, Hello, Change.
- Feb 9, 2022 Taking Stock of Life While Shoveling Waist-Deep Snow
- Jan 12, 2022 Bag It, Barter It, or Brighten It: A Simple Way to Design a Brighter Life
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2021
- Dec 15, 2021 Leaders, Watch Your Wake
- Nov 10, 2021 8 Tips for Keeping Your Cool While Handling a Tough Client
- Oct 13, 2021 Igniting People at Work and In Life: A Tagline Withstands the Test of Time
- Sep 2, 2021 When the Destination Changes, Love the Journey
- Aug 18, 2021 Are You Paying Attention to What You’re Paying Attention To?
- Jun 16, 2021 Deep Thoughts During a Six-Minute Plank
- May 12, 2021 To Thrive In These Not-Quite-Normal Times, Imagine You’re Waterskiing
- Apr 22, 2021 How Can Company Culture Thrive After Covid? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
- Apr 14, 2021 Lessons from the Ropes Course: When Trying—and Falling—Is More than Enough
- Mar 31, 2021 Want to Be a Better Leader? Ask These 5 Questions
- Mar 10, 2021 Happiness, Simplified: Lessons from Bhutan
- Feb 17, 2021 Looking for a Little Excellence: On the Power of Appreciation
- Jan 6, 2021 Here’s the One Question I Hope You’ll Ask Yourself Today
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2020
- Dec 16, 2020 Why Having to Rethink Family Traditions Can Be a Good Thing
- Dec 2, 2020 I’ve Got My “Thuperman Thuit On Under.” How About You?
- Nov 12, 2020 Sometimes We All Need to Put On Our “Big Girl Pants.” Here’s How.
- Oct 21, 2020 Life Is a Contact Sport: 3 Tips to Avoid Getting Hurt
- Sep 30, 2020 On the Importance of Now
- Sep 16, 2020 What Surgery Taught Me About Navigating the Pandemic, Business, and Life
- Aug 19, 2020 How to Live Bright In Spite of, Well, Everything
- Jul 15, 2020 3 Ways to Practice Bright Listening
- Jul 15, 2020 Bright Listening Builds Deep Connections—Even on a Zoom Call
- Jun 24, 2020 Leaders, Harness “Collective Intelligence” to Navigate the Road Ahead
- Jun 10, 2020 Bringing Your Team Back to Work? First, Create “Shared Diligence”
- May 21, 2020 How to Get Culture Right for Reentry
- Apr 29, 2020 Create Your Own “Operations Manual” So Colleagues Know “How You Work”
- Apr 15, 2020 Why Family Culture Is Just As Important as Company Culture
- Apr 1, 2020 3 Ways to Build Resilience into Your Company Culture
- Mar 17, 2020 Leaders, Share These Tips with Your Suddenly Remote Work Team
- Mar 11, 2020 “Up and To the Right Thinking:” The Simplest Way to Create Bright Company Culture
- Feb 26, 2020 Want to Build an Awesome Team? Take Them Outside and Share Moments of “Awe”
- Feb 12, 2020 5 Top Benefits of Awe-Inspired Workplaces
- Feb 5, 2020 Does Company Culture Matter for Your Remote and Freelance Workers? You Bet!
- Jan 29, 2020 What Is “Awe”—and Why Is It So Darn Good for Your Company Culture?
- Jan 22, 2020 15 Reasons to Take Our Bright Culture Pledge
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2019
- Dec 19, 2019 Why the Best Holiday Present Is Your Presence
- Jul 25, 2019 A Great Culture Starts with Strong Leaders