Its Too Hard, Let Me Tell You About It Whining. It’s such a waste of time. It’s also one of those things that feels good while you’re doing it, but not afterwards. So is commiserating. If you’re involved in this futile loop, it’s time to get out.What do I mean? Well, let’s say there’s something you must do you don’t want to. This could be so many things – de-cluttering the garage, writing a thank you note, going to the DVM to get your...... Similar Editorial : by Ajeet Khurana. | Source : Effectiveness And Efficiency
Post-Traumatic Transformational Syndrome? For years we’ve heard the phrase “post-traumatic stress syndrome” referring to what happens to a person after they go through a traumatic event. It seems to imply the results will always be negative. Yet if you’re like me, you probably know people who’ve come out the other side of traumas stronger, more resilient, and maybe even “better” people because of it. Like a broken bone, they seem to heal...... Similar Editorial : by Michael Waddington. | Source : Effective Living
What Makes A Manager Effective? THE MONDAY FROM HELLKeely was the last person to arrive at the office Monday morning and when she walked in, she could feel the tension in the air. As she walked back to her office, others looked up and rolled their eyes or shook their heads, and she knew what was going on. Their boss, the alpha-male type was on one of his tirades. Five minutes later it was her turn. Away from the office and...... Similar Editorial : by Sacreeta Veneficus. | Source : Effective Living
The Politeness Pundit If you’re actually reading this article, you may be one of those closet politeness pundits yourself. Here, I’ll save you from having to look it up. It’s from the Sanskrit (pandita) and means “ a learned man” (while I am female) or “one who gives opinions in an authoritative manner.”Is that you? If so, huzzah, you’ve found a fellow champion (and I, you)!Do you walk around shaking your head these...... Source : Effective Living
What Does It Take To Make A Committment? I attended a seminar the other day where the presenter was talking about how to sell. One of the steps to selling he outlined was making a commitment. He defined this as “binding yourself mentally and physically to do something.”Can you tell what’s missing?Actually making a commitment is easy. It’s just words. You say you’re going to do something -- make your sales quota, stay faithful to your...... Similar Editorial : by Dave Wooding. | Source : Get Organized
The Benefits Of Coaching, “[Coaching] works and is worth the effort,” said Al Hunt, Benicia, CA. She’s good,” he said about his coach, Linda Lovejoy, http://www.the-dating-clinic.com/Linda-Lovejoy.html , a Relationship Coach. Another of Linda’s clients simply wrote her a poem:My Teacher A small frame A caring voice A light in her eyes A heart of goldShe is my teacher And I was her pupil She opened her book The knowledge...... Similar Editorial : by Kimberly Chastain. | Source : Inspirational Teacher
The Worst Thing To Be Addicted To Sheley is worried about her financial situation. She has a home business that seems promising but is still barely producing and her credit card bills are starting to pile up. She picks up the newspaper to look at the want ads, thinks about doing some marketing for her home business, wonders which is the best course of action or if she should do both, and then decides to have a cigarette and clean...... Similar Editorial : by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : Stop Addiction
Your Emotions Can Put You At-Risk For Alzheimers Still don’t believe anger kills, and stress ages you? In a recent study re: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) the psychological assessment included these questions: “I am not a worrier,” “I often feel tense and jittery,” and “I often get angry at the way people treat me.”The study included 797 individuals with an average age of 75. Research has proven that chronic stress is associated with changes in the...... Similar Editorial : by wood128. | Source : Alzheimers Diesease
Enhancing Your Brain As You Age “The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn’t need its brain any more so it eats it! It’s rather like getting tenure.” ~David Dennett, “Consciousness Explained”And true to form, I have a client who’s a...... Similar Editorial : by Marc David. | Source : Human Psychology
Why Did You Really Lose The Job Or Promotion? Do you want to get ahead? Who doesn’t? If you’re active and invested in your career and life, you enjoy fulfilling your potential and getting better and better at what you do. It gives meaning and purpose to your life to have goals and to keep improving yourself.If you’ve got the intelligence, skills, training, academic degrees, expertise and experience and still aren’t getting the jobs and...... Similar Editorial : by jlavoie. | Source : Project Management Training
11 Things Not To Do In Your New Jon According to Daniel Goleman, author of "Emotional Intelligence," ( http:/ inyurl.com/z9ny ), the hardest thing kids must do is break into an already-formed play group. In adult life, that's starting a new job. We are intensely territorial at heart. Our reptilian brains are keyed to be suspicious of "intruders," and to fear what we don't know. Your first few days in a new job, you're being...... Similar Editorial : by Ronnie Nijmeh. | Source : Project Management Training
Getting Used To New Job Here are three things typical of your first weeks on a new job. 1. You will get sick.2. You will find out you were lied to.3. You will have a mini-crisis at home.There. Now that you have the proper expectations, it will be easier. If these don't happen to you, be pleasantly surprised. If they do, here are some tips.RULE NO. 1: YOU WILL GET SICKWhy do so many people get sick the first weeks on a...... Source : Project Management Training
Are You Using All Your Soul��s Resources? “Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how...... Similar Editorial : by Janet K. Ilacqua. | Source : Directors Responsibilities
Ten Ways To Beat The Heat It's the dog days of summer (in the northern hemisphere) when the temperature goes up (and hasbeen up for a while) and tempers can flare. Learning to manage anger is an emotional intelligence competency and a process of personal awareness and growth.1. Understand the physiological process and how it effects you.It's called affective neuroscience, and you'll find it fascinating. Check it out! Take...... Similar Editorial : by Brian Weiss. | Source : Directors Responsibilities
Reflect Upon Your Harvest At Thanksgiving I don't know about you, but at this time of year I always think of work. It’s harvest time. Because of the years I spent in the MidWest, I was around people who were harvesting produce, bringing in the crop for the year. The quirks of nature notwithstanding, they would be reaping what they had sown. The result of their work was visible, and commensurate to the amount of effort and care they had...... Similar Editorial : by Linda LaPointe. | Source : Raise Self Confidence
