Are you making the most of your time? How often do you find yourself struggling to keep up with demands, racing around to get things done, and longing for some time to catch your breath in order to focus on what you want or need to do? If you are like me, it describes the day-to-day existence.

We live for the adrenaline rush of fast paced activity, the serotonin of feeling needed, the dopamine of accomplishing a goal, and the endorphins from doing something that you enjoy. These hormones fuel sustained activity, focus, and productivity at work and in daily life.

However, during quieter times, it is becomes increasingly difficult to harness these feeling and behaviors without significant discipline and self-motivation. Unfortunately, human behavior kicks in and the lack of internal chemicals and responses fueling our addiction makes it harder to get things done.

Before working at Control Concepts, when [Elizabeth Scozzari] used to tell people that I worked in Scouting I usually got one of two responses: “can you help my kid make Eagle?” and “can you get me a mixed tin of popcorn?” When I worked at a law firm prior, people wanted to know if I could give them legal advice, or “just ask one of your attorney friends.” Now when I tell people I’m in the AV industry most of them cock their head to the side, smile and say “that’s interesting,” having no real idea of what the AV industry is, what Control Concepts offers, or what, as an Executive Assistant, I do[…] But over the past five months I have realized that what we do at Control Concepts and within the AV industry applies to life outside of work.