Ready to step out of your comfort zone?

When’s the last time you really looked at your business — especially the way people react to and interact with you? Maybe you need to step out of your comfort zone and into the shoes of your clients and prospects to identify better ways to connect with them. What you’re doing might work, but could […]

Yoga combines peace, power and positivity

Yoga is all about learning to balance life with calmness and positive thinking.  Yoga means to join or yoke together the body and mind in one experience. Yoga dates back over 5,000 years and combines three main areas: breathing, exercise and meditation.  Breathing techniques are taught on the concept breathing is the source of life […]

Questions — and answers — about residential evictions

There a lot of questions about residential evictions in Colorado.   Can you evict a tenant for not paying rent? Do you have to provide more than 10 days of notice prior to eviction?  Can a tenant be charged late fees? Can a tenant’s utilities be shut off if bills aren’t paid? Is money still […]

Social determinants affect health, too

So much of the cost of health care has already been written. It’s woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. The dominant American narrative is largely a self-sufficient one. Exercise daily, eat healthier, work harder, rest more and live better. These are proven strategies to improve health. However, there are elements of our society […]

Reduce risks in remote work

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes to the way organizations operate and employ their work forces. Some changes have heralded a new normal from which there’s no going back. Kate Lister, president of Global Workplace Analytics, estimates that by 2025, 70 percent of the work force will work remotely at least five days a […]

Turn team members — and customers — into raving fans

When customers like — or better yet, love — your business, they provide not only their patronage, but also glowing recommendations. Business owners who want to operate enterprises that thrive in easy times and survive in challenging times must consistently endeavor to turn their customers into raving fans. I’ve encountered some business owners proud to […]

COVID requirements make travel planning essential

If you’re like most people, including me, you’re probably eager to hit the road or the air. Maybe for business or perhaps pleasure. Having just completed a trip to Europe, here are a few tips gleaned from the experience. While passengers on the international legs of a flight will have completed a COVID-19 test and […]

Local real estate market changing for investors

You hear the question from friends, family and colleagues. “How crazy is the market right now?” The last couple of years have constituted an interesting time for all types of investments, whether that’s bonds, cryptocurrency, equities or real estate. Each investment vehicle has presented its own changes, challenges and opportunities while creating different environments for […]

COVID and flu present double threat

As Mesa County continues to see community spread of COVID-19, it’s doubly important to protect yourself from the spread of germs as seasons change and the weather cools. From dropping temperatures to leaves turning from green to yellow, September is a month of change in the Grand Valley.  At Mesa County Public Health, September is […]

Add property ownership to list of endangered rights

“Within a frame of transformation, the edges of the energy system begin to soften and meld into other notions of property, beyond private resource ownership and toward conceptions of shared management and control,” said Shalanda Baker, the law professor on leave from Northeastern University and nominee to become director of the Office of Minority Economic […]

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