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
11 Smart Choices You Can Make 1. Choose positive and kind self-talk. Train yourself to be your biggest fan.2. Surround yourself with the kind of people you want to be like, because that's what's going to happen.3. Do something solid with your hands every day, preferably something involving soil. It'll keep you sane and "grounded."4. Improve your emotional intelligence (EQ) every day.It's a success and happiness skill you can...... Similar Editorial : by Judith Lindenberger. | Source : How To Stop Procrastinating
Get A Coach And Make Your Resolutions Happen This Year How's your list of New Year's resolutions coming? Studies show that most people have already failed by the 15th of January. Has this happened to you? If so, you may have left out the prime ingredient for your success - a coach! Coaching is a new field. Until you've talked to someone who's had a coach, or seen the results happen in someone who's had a coach, or been coached yourself, it's hard to...... Similar Editorial : by Lorraine Pirihi. | Source : Parents Responsibilities
When Are You Planning To "Get Old"? When are you planning to get old? According to a recent study, you'd better move the date back."Contrary to common belief, many people can live well into their 90s without becoming cognitively impaired, study findings indicate." - Neurology 2003; 60: 477-480 But statistics are statistics.Let me give you some examples from my own coaching practice. *I have a client who is 72 who's a real estate...... Similar Editorial : by Denise O'Berry. | Source : Health And Safety Responsibilities
How To Stay Motivated In Hard Times A few years ago, psychologist Al Siebert, who's studied resilience and is the author of "The Survivor Personality: Why Some People Are Stronger, Smarter and More Skillful at Handling Life's Difficulties" ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0399522301/susandunnmome-20 ), wrote an article for a disabilities' website. I saved it because I think it applies to all of us. Here are some of the tips...... Similar Editorial : by Dr. Zonnya First Lady of Motivation. | Source : Health And Safety Responsibilities
Things I Learned From Mister Rogers Fred Rogers is one of my heroes. He was 'gentle before gentle was cool.'1. You can never go down, never go down, never go down the drain.When life can involve divorce, layoffs, losing a child, moving 2 weeks before your baby's due and you have a toddler and a dog with a new litter of puppies, working full-time and being a single-parent, or starting a new career at 55, it's good to know you can...... Similar Editorial : by Cathy Bryant. | Source : Health And Safety Responsibilities
Looking For A Jedi Master Coaching's been around for about 10 years but there are still lots of people who haven't tried it yet, and don't know what it's about.Two major confusions in people's minds are: ?What's the difference between coaching and therapy, and;?What's the difference between coaching and a good friendCoaching's similar to therapy, except that therapy focuses on your emotions, particularly unresolved ones...... Similar Editorial : by John Colanzi. | Source : Health And Safety Responsibilities
10 Emotionally Intelligent Ways To Use Drive Time Safety first whenever you're in the car, but for most of us, it's a pocket of time, and time is what we have the least of. Know yourself. If you're the kind who can't do two things at once, don't. Driving time can be a great source of stress if you let it be, but if you are intentional, and creatively think of new ways to use the time, you’d be surprised what a difference you can make in your own...... Similar Editorial : by laurie39. | Source : Health And Safety Responsibilities
Ways To Cope With The War "It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." War is disturbing. Regardless of which "side" you're on, people are killing, people are being killed, and people are suffering. A recent poll in New York showed 47% for the war, 49% against. This may be mirrored in your own environment. We are deeply divided, which means half the people you encounter won't be agreeing with you, emotions...... Similar Editorial : by Gerry McRae. | Source : Health And Safety Responsibilities
Is Emotional Intelligence Just The Fad Du Jour? “I’ve been doing this for 15 years,” Annette told me. “It just wasn’t called this.” I was explaining to a counselor in Australia about the field of emotional intelligence, and she was sure she’d found it first. Likely you'll feel the same way.“Oh, I know what you’re talking about,” James tells me, as I present a proposal to coach his staff on EQ. “Team building, leadership, getting along, cutting...... Similar Editorial : by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.. | Source : Health And Safety Responsibilities
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
