Despite our many differences, we all crave meaning and purpose

There are always motivations to do what is wrong in order to gain something. Maybe it’s lying on a resumé to get a job or taking something from someone that doesn’t belong to you just because you needed it.

The researchers found that money does not buy engagement because, according to a Gallup study of 1.4 million employees in 34 countries in 49 different industries, there was no significant difference in employee engagement by pay level. So, if we want employees to be happy in their jobs, more money is not necessarily the answer.

Good ideas are not intrinsically “left” or “right.” They are rooted in common sense. Thomas Jefferson said, “I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play.” Ralph Waldo Emerson commented that “nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing.