Kurt Blazek

Kurt Blazek

A thankful outlook in business and life

Thanksgiving is widely known as America’s favorite holiday. What’s not to like? It’s all about food, family, parades, and football. Thanksgiving is also the optimist holiday, where goodwill trumps feelings of anxiety – at least for a 24 hours. This…

Are you a worrywart at the workplace?

“Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” is the familiar song penned by musician Bobby McFerrin. It is a positive song with such a basic message that we should all just adopt this philosophy in our day-to-day life. However, when one establishes a…

Throwing stones

A recent conversation got me thinking about how some people’s feedback process is like being stoned. Stoned you may ask? As in having rocks thrown at you? As in the way they used to kill people? Yes, that is what…