How is a community like grape jam? Come to the LFI porch and find out!

I’ve recently learned that my prices are a bargain-basement value – when compared to the value of retaining good employees – and more. What do you think community building is worth? Come and see what I learned!

The Answer, in a Few Words… We build community by communicating. In Bowling Alone, Robert D. Putnam says “Communication is a fundamental prerequisite for social and emotional connections.”  “Social and emotional connections” is a succinct definition of..

Community We hear the word “community” a lot today.  Yet we use the word so liberally, applying it to any group at all, that it has become nearly meaningless.  This does a disservice to the true meaning..

Unconsciously, when we are communicating with others, we are want to hear these four messages. Recognizing this makes so many things in life clear!

Today is the 8th Anniversary (Blogaversary) of the first post at Life, for instance. Come celebrate and reminisce with me!

This is an update and a request to the LFI community. The rubber is about to hit the road, but first, this…

The other question is, what is the Universal Happy Place. Both questions are answered in these musings. Do you agree?

Technology is our new favourite punching bag. Yet we crave the connection it affords us. I’ve been thinking about this for some time and I want to share some key points we have been missing.