by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Squirrel! Imagine that it’s 7:15 on Monday morning, in the dead of winter. The phone rings and it’s a radio station calling to tell you that you’ve won an all-expenses-paid trip for two to a beautiful Caribbean island. The airplane leaves Wednesday morning. Would you...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Have you ever noticed that you don’t notice how cluttered your house looks until you invite company over? That you don’t see how dirty the walls are until you put your house for sale? You don’t notice that your wardrobe is outdated until you watch “What Not To Wear”?...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 29, 2013 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions, Tips
We’ve all heard that expression, but do we really believe it applies to us? Imagine yourself walking down a dark street at night and finding yourself face-to-face with a young person dressed in black and covered in chains, tattoos and piercings. Would you cross the...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 19, 2013 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions, Tips
Do distractions frustrate you and cause you to be less efficient? Of course they do. Whether those distractions come in the form of noisy co-workers, being in a high traffic area or social media, you know that if they weren’t there, you’d get more done. I’ll...
by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 21, 2013 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
Help Me Rhonda! “I just got passed up for another promotion. This is the third one in the last four years. I have a degree and great skills; I get excellent comments and scores on my yearly reviews, too. It seems impossible for me to break out of being ‘just a...