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Remember your Ancestors

Funny Motivational Speaker Amy Dee’s Blog,  Remember your Ancestors In 1867, my great-great-grandfather (7) left Norway with his family to immigrate to America. They crammed into a ship filled with other hopefuls chasing the dream of a better life. Each family packed their own supply of food and water for the four-week voyage. Four weeks…

One Moment in Time, Oprah Live

Funny Motivational speaker Amy Dee’s blog, Many years ago, Mom snagged two last-minute tickets to Oprah’s “Live Your Best Life” tour with Cheryl Richardson. Our fantastic aisle seats were on the floor just four rows away from the stage.  As an emerging speaker, I envisioned being pulled onto the stage with Oprah, where we’d connect…

Funny motivational Speaker Amy Dee

Quit expecting life to be fair

Funny motivational speaker Amy Dee’s blog, Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.  Dennis Wholey. While grabbing some last-minute groceries, I overheard several conversations.  Two college-aged guys complained about a concert being canceled, “I bought the tickets months…

The how and why of employee recognition

Great Leaders use Employee Recognition to keep Great Employees

Funny motivational speaker Amy Dee’s blog;   Employee Recognition and Appreciation 57% of employees have left a job because of their manager, according to new statistics from DDI, a leadership consulting firm. In the U.S., 82% of Americans  do not feel their manager regularly recognizes their contributions according to a survey conducted by leadership training company OGO Lead…

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Workplace Humor: 4 Tips

4 Tips to Increase Your Workplace Humor “Develop a playful attitude toward problems; toss them around; handle them with a light touch.” Wilfred Peterson   Do You Feeling Stressed and Overwhelmed? Emails pour in, a co-worker goes home sick, increasing your work load, the phone won’t stop ringing, and your elderly mom just called with…