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Develop Soft Skills – Work Smart & Live More
Many readers have emailed me or commented on the blog to ask how they can build their confidence, since confidence is essential to career success. I want to share this story I heard on Monday to see if it can help.
After each Yoga class, my favorite teacher, Ryan (female), talks to us about how Yoga can change our health and our lives. This Monday, it was a little different. Instead, she told us this story: ...
Being able to use Linkedin effectively for networking and building your brand is a critical skill to further your career in today’s market. Of the most widely recognized social media platforms, LinkedIn is arguably the most utilitarian. Most of the people who use Linkedin have a primarily business purpose behind their presence within the platform, and updates about what they had for dinner are noticeably absent. ...
As much as we would like to think that the business world is far, it’s not. The reality is that we can all get back-stabbed at work. The important thing is how we deal with it if and when it happens.
This is a true story that happened to a colleague of mine. What would you do if this happened to you at work? ...
Typically, right after Jan 1, we start saying resolutions for the New Year,
If these sound like the resolutions you are making this year, I challenge you to throw them out! Why? We can be so result oriented that sometimes it keeps us from simply experiencing life. Is life about results or is life about experiences? Result-oriented resolutions have three major downsides ...
While most of us are willing to stand up for ourselves regarding personal matters, when it comes to voicing a dissenting opinion to our superiors (e.g., standing up to our boss) at work, we tend to shy away from any confrontation and go along with what we are told to do, whether or not we agree with it. ...
Workout Objective: Build an empowered mindset by looking at difficult situations with a grateful perspective.
Workout Objective: Build self-awareness and have fun.
Prerequisite: None
Recommended Frequency: Once
Don’t think about it, just take 10 seconds to see which four words jump out at you from this image.
It’s just a game, but it’s interesting to find out which four words you see. Perhaps they reflect less about who you are to others, but how you see yourself currently. Did you see all positive words, or were some of them negative? ...