Café Gratitude Offers An Experience That Expands

Whether We're Conscious Of It Or Not, Our Work And Personal Lives Are Made Up Of Daily Rituals, Including When We Eat Our Meals, How We Shower Or Groom, Or How We Approach Our Daily Descent Into The Digital World Of Email Communication.

Curiosity Has ... Proven To Be A Great Ingredient In Resilience, A Trait Particularly Valuable In An Extended Economic Downturn. Resilient People Aren't Made Of Steel; They Just Provide Themselves With More Options, And Those Options Come From A Curious Mind.

Feeling Good About Your Life, But Not Expressing A Heartfelt 'thank You,' Is Like Wrapping A Gift For Someone And Never Giving It To Them.

I Do Interview Senior Candidates At The Home Office Or Many Of Our Hotel Or Restaurant General Manager Candidates. My Two Favorite Questions Are "tell Me About A Failure In Your Career, What You Learned From It, And How You've Leveraged This Lesson" And "all Of Us Are Misperceived At One Time Or Another. What's The Most Common Way You're Misperceived In The Workplace And Why?" Both Of These Questions Require A Certain Amount Of Self-awareness And A Willingness To Not Give Pat, Normal Answers That We Offer Experience In Interviews.

Companies And Leaders Are Role Models - Not Just With The Business Community - But In The Broader World.