Have any of you often found a number of pennies in your pocket and nothing to do or spend it on. I have as well. While a penny had a lot of use back in the 1960′s and previous, they do not have a as strong of a benefical monitary value today.

As I wrote in my Thanksgiving rant on Black Friday, Hourly Wage and the Decline of Thanksgiving, I am all for inreasing the margin between opportunity costs and huge waste on our time and productivity in life and work.

Now I know you may have seen this already. Dan Pink beat me to the punch when he posted his thoughts in December of 2011. But I dare to bring you it again, an interesting argument for removing the penny from our daily lives. Except not me… I could use all the pennies you can spare!

The ‘WHERE’ we react is just as important as ‘HOW’

There is no question that we are all being asked to do and be more. With this increase in demand also comes, at times, an increase in conflict.

This conflict can occur between our perceived and predetermined roles and the disconnect between what others expect of our roles.

Our reactions and treatment of individuals in any situation is important. However, the way we react in the face of difficult people and times is just as telling as how we react behind the scene and away from those we have conflict with.

So Tell Me: How do you typically react?

Today we celebrate! Freddie Mercury of Queen