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Develop Soft Skills – Work Smart & Live More
The pandemic is over!, at least according to President Biden. Whether I fully agree with his statement or not, it’s time to get back out there – meet my colleagues in person, meet my friends for in-door meals, go to in-person workout classes, go dancing, and start networking again. ...
As an overachiever for many years, I used to only have conditional happiness. “I will be happy when x, y, z happens” Sound familiar? It’s the most detrimental line of thinking and one that had fleeting happiness. It was my husband that helped me realize that I can decouple my happiness from my achievements or things that happen outside my control. ...
When I ask this question “do you work to live or live to work? You may say, “I work to live.” However are your actions and decision consistent with this response? Below are 10 questions you can ask yourself to find out if you truly work to live.
I think society has taught us – “To be happy we should work to live and not live to work.” as no one on their death bead ever regrets not working enough. As a result, whenever anyone is asked this question, very few would ever admit that they live to work. It’s just not as cool. Our quick answer that “I work to live” actually means – “I want to work to live. I don’t want to live to work as life is too short. ” ...
I have been interviewing therapists to see if I can find one that is a good fit. This post is not about recommending you to get a therapist. That’s totally up to you. It’s about sharing a useful tip one therapist shared with me that immediately improve my perspective and thus my life and work. Apply OCAS! What is OCAS? I will get to that in a few paragraph. ...
Shorten meetings by 5 min? How can that be more productive? This concept may seem counter-intuitive but I think you will agree with me once you finish reading this post. Have you noticed that our jobs now are full of meetings? My meetings can run from 8am to 4pm with maybe one or two 30 min break in the middle. This leaves very little time to think, plan, or work. ...
I got up at 5:50am for the first time in 3 years. Believe me, I didn’t want to, but since my friend was also going and I said I would go. The last time I got up this early was for a Bikram Yoga class and it was in 2019 before the COVID pandemic hit. This time I got up because I signed up with my friends for my first 6:30am Zumba class. ...
Do you know how to influence others to listen to your ideas? The ability to influence others is one of the most important soft skills to develop, especially as you get more senior in your career. It is more of an art than a science. The good news is I believe anyone can master the influence skills if you put in efforts to develop it. If I can learn it, so can you. 🙂 ...