Raise your hand if you’re excited about the holidays approaching. The family, the food, the friends, the good will towards men… I’d also ask you to raise the other hand if you’re stressed about it, but then most likely you’d have both hands in the air and not be able to scroll to read this post. The packing and traveling to get to the family, your tendency to always end up in the wrong grocery store line, the picking and choosing which friends you have time to see and someone inevitably feeling left out, and the Black Friday near tramplings at 3 am… So put your hands down and let’s talk about how to avoid holiday stress.
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Why National Unfriend Day is Useful in Business
Today is National Unfriend Day. The typical holidays we celebrate at this time of year tend to revolve around togetherness, giving and thankfulness. So you might be wondering how a day ended up being devoted to unfriending, well, your friends! But don’t sell National Unfriend Day short–if a classmate from second grade, who you’re not sure actually graduated with you, is whining about a missed flight to his beach house in the Bahamas; or your third cousin’s ex-husband is going off about the last shot of a game for a sport you don’t watch; or your aunt, twice removed, is complaining about the weather again because her cats don’t like it and she attached photographic proof, this holiday is for you.
TweetHow to Keep Your Sanity During Holiday Travel
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And the most stressful time to travel. The holidays are right around the corner, but if your friends and relatives aren’t then you’re probably going to find yourself in or on a plane, train or automobile to join your loved ones.
Just last week, a few of us were sitting around remembering the days when airline travel was a special event. People dressed up to take a ride on an airplane. There were fancy drinks, in-flight movies, and full meals were served on flights where baggage was included in the cost of your ticket. Now, flying feels more like a process to endure rather than an event to enjoy. Luckily, we here at ABG Capital are experienced travelers and we’ve gathered a list of tips that should make your holiday travels a little less stressful. We’ll tell you how to keep your sanity during holiday travel!
TweetTricks, Treats, Frights & Freaks: Happy Halloween from ABG!
Happy Halloween! We have a quick post for you today to show you how we put our creative minds together to come up with funny, scary, interesting, and downright odd costumes for our annual office Halloween party. And yes, we took our own advice from last week and made sure that all of these costumes were safe for work—it’s Friday, almost a holiday weekend, and none of us is trying to have a meeting with HR today!
TweetABG Capital Attends 2015 Gazelles Growth Summit
When you are the owner of a company that continually wins awards for growth, culture and employee satisfaction, the desire to see those positive trends continue is obviously on your radar. Staying current on the latest strategies for recruitment, execution, development and operations is key. At ABG Capital, the education and professional development of our staff members are top priorities, and our executive team knows that not neglecting their own education and development is what will keep our company growing and help us reach our highest potential.

ABG Capital executives having a conversation before a keynote presentation.
Left to Right: Randy Stegner, VoIP Innovations; Nick Medina, VoIP Innovations; Jason Tapolci, VoIP Innovations; Ron Eggert, Inspira; Jeff Tapolci, ABG Capital; and Dan Ravenstahl, GlobalPOPs.
30 Ways to Show 30 Days of Gratitude at the Office
Men all around you will stop shaving, we will stuff our bellies until we have no choice but to take a nap, aspiring writers will be crafting their novels, and a shopping frenzy will commence in the wee hours of the early morning on a Friday—that’s right folks, it must be November! As we turned the page on the calendar yesterday, so began the penultimate month of the year. One amazing part of November, aside from bearded men, never-ending turkey, new reading material, and scoring a great deal on the year’s hottest gift, is stopping to give thanks. Continue reading
TweetHalloween Costumes: How to Avoid Being NSFW
If you’ve been following along, you know by now that here at ABG Capital, we love ourselves a party! If you’re new here, stick around because we are a fun crew offering up helpful work/life tips! Halloween is approaching and, keeping with our party-loving atmosphere, we are once again holding our annual pot-luck luncheon and Halloween Costume Contest. Our handy tip, to wrap up your week, deals with avoiding any work-related controversy when it comes to what you wear to the office costume party. Continue reading
TweetHow to Prepare a Healthy Work Lunch
Good morning! It’s Monday! You finally made it to work – 10 minutes late. You traversed an accident, a construction zone detour, and because you burned the midnight oil, you hit snooze twice before you got out of bed. Mornings are hard. The last thing on your mind was what you were going to eat for lunch, but now it is 11:30 and you’re starting to feel hungry! Continue reading
TweetHow to Stay Focused While Working from Home
Think about your typical day at the office. You sit down at your desk to get immersed in writing that grant proposal, balancing your monthly budget, or typing that staff memo, and then your phone rings. You begin working again only to become stopped by the third coworker who has knocked at your door in the span of 15 minutes. Just when you start getting back down to business, an instant message pops up from another coworker, your phone rings again, and your calendar alarm signals that it’s time for your 9:30 am meeting to commence. Does this sound familiar?
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Building Company Morale through Recognition
Chances are, you could think up a few dozen reasons to celebrate as a business or a team. Revenue milestones, the completion of a large project, or the closing of a big deal are all really fantastic reasons to throw a party and, you might agree, a party is a really fantastic way to boost company morale.
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