Business

The new normal: The impact of COVID-19 on daily leadership

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. — Ralph Waldo Emerson For the foreseeable future, we are now living in a new normal. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) has the world on edge as the virus spreads and death tolls climb. Be it directly or...

Business Briefs - March 12, 2020

Carolina One’s Daniel Island office adds new agent Emily McCarthy joined Carolina One’s Daniel Island real estate sales and marketing office. McCarthy, a native of Amityville, New York, graduated from the University of Albany in Albany, New York, with a degree in communications and a minor in...

Daniel Island Real Estate celebrates top sales performers

Daniel Island Real Estate honored its 2019 year-end award recipients at a banquet Feb. 26 at the Daniel Island Club. Sales associates, staff, spouses and friends enjoyed cocktails and dinner during an evening that started off with a surprising choice of entertainment – comedian Shaun Jones from...

Why encouragement matters in leadership

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. — John Maxwell As a young boy, he worked in a factory but had an intense desire to be a singer. When he turned 10 years old, he took his first voice lesson which procured a less than encouraging remark from his teacher...

The Value of Recognition

I read a story about a man who attended a lecture on the importance of showing appreciation to the important people in your life. He decided to start with his wife. So after work, he bought her a dozen long-stemmed red roses, a box of chocolates, and a pair of earrings. He smiled with self-...

Meet the Merchants: O'Neill Plastic Surgery

O’Neill Plastic Surgery has been helping Daniel Island residents feel good about themselves since 2009. For Patrick J. O’Neill, MD, the island was the perfect spot to open his business. “I saw Daniel Island as a dynamic and developing community that was also centrally located for all of our...

Business Briefs - February 20, 2020

DIBA donates to community fund for Abby’s Friends The Daniel Island Business Association’s donation of $2,500 helped the Daniel Island Community Foundation close out its 2019 fundraising campaign. The funds were applied to Abby’s Friends matching campaign, which helped the organization reach its...

Business Briefs - February 13, 2020

Local teacher named Cool School Teacher of the Week Daniel Island Academy teacher Jenell Simmons was named “Cool School Teacher of the Week” by WCBD News 2. Nominated by coworker Cossondra McCorkle, Simmons is the lead teacher in the Minnows classroom at the local preschool. The award was presented...

How your attitude helps shape your company culture

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. — Viktor E. Frankl I read a story about a young man named John who received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an...

Inspirational quotes to honor Black History Month

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. — Booker T. Washington In celebration of Black History Month, here are 20 inspirational quotes to think about. In the spirit of the words of Dr....