Successful Companies are SMART & HEALTHY

This is a philosophy - which I've learned from Patrick Lencioni - is something I not only believe in but want to help others achieve....specifically the healthy side. Check this out.! Here's a company, reported by Fortune, paying whose employees get paid in the TOP 25 in the country:

25. Robert W. Baird & Co.

Average total pay: $117,650

For: Financial Analyst*

Best companies rank: 11

Milwaukee-based investment advisor navigated through the financial crisis without having to resort to layoffs. In fact, it increased its staff 10% since 2007.

Aside from total compensation averaging six figures for salaried employees, Baird offers:

• 37.5 hour work week for hourly employees.
• Bonuses and profit-sharing for all employees.
• An opportunity to buy stock in this privately held firm. Nearly half of employees have done so.
• Free investment planning for all employees.
• Bonuses that range from $1,000 to $10,000 for referring a new employee.

"Baird cares about their associates very much," says one employee. "This place is like a second family."

Managing Desk Piles and To-Do Lists

I read this tip in a email blast I received from David Allen (Coach):

If you look at your calendar in detail over the next two weeks, I bet you would think of at least one, if not several, "Oh that reminds me, I need to's." If you take a pen and blank paper, and just spend the next five minutes capturing ideas on the most important project right now for you to make some progress on, you will likely come up with at least one, if not several, "Oh yeah, I could's."

This seems self-evident, but what I've also noticed is how few people actually have the habits installed to use those tools as often as they could to stay on top of their world.

Martin Luther King, Jr and his Vision

King inspires with his vision, clarity, and courage to speak truth. Here's another:

We shall meet your physical force with soul force.
Do to us what you will, and we shall continue to love you...
One day we shall win freedom, but not only for ourselves.
We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience
that we shall win you in the process,
and our victory will be a double victory.'
-Martin Luther King, Jr., Loving Your Enemies