Welcome to a World of Opportunities
At a seminar once, the seminar leader said to draw a circle on a page.
- 11/09/2024
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The Strength of Peer Groups
Throughout your career and personal life, your peers are the easiest to identify and partner with.
- 04/09/2024
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Don’t Let Others Dissuade You From Your Goal
Invariably, when you decide to pursue a huge goal, someone will come along and tell you not to do it.
- 02/09/2024
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The Ocean of No Return
What would you like to achieve right now that represents a huge leap and requires you to make a commitment from which you cannot return?
- 21/08/2024
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Don't Let Trying to Catch Up on Sleep Become a Habit
Most people, including yourself, are not getting the 8 hours of sleep that they need each night.
- 13/08/2024
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Checking up on Yourself
Where are you physically? Do you have goals for your physical well-being?
- 09/08/2024
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Humor in the High-Content Presentation
I spoke at the Farmer's Insurance Group conference, one of the largest insurance groups in the United States.
- 26/07/2024
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When to Discard Food That Falls off of Your Plate
You’ve probably heard about the five second rule.
- 19/07/2024
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Productivity in Summer Months
Staying productive during the summer months requires a combination of strategic planning, healthy habits, and a flexible mindset.
- 15/07/2024
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Petty Capitalist Pursuits
So odd, but it happens to almost everyone. You possess items that you no longer want, but you have a difficult time parting with them.
- 11/07/2024
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Leave Work Feeling Fine
The notion of staying longer after work to be more productive is a fallacy that will keep you chasing the clock.
- 08/07/2024
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Urban Safety, When You Take that Wrong Turn
You take a wrong turn in the city, perhaps missing the desired exit ramp and you end up on a street with which you are totally unfamiliar.
- 30/06/2024
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Enhancing your Quotability
Want to make yourself more quotable? Go back through your written works -- everything you've ever written and saved -- and this includes letters, emails, and routine correspondence, as well as tweets, Powerpoint slides, formal reports, and possibly any articles or books you've written.
- 28/06/2024
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Presentation Tips for Those Who Are Prone to Perspire
Summer or not, as a speaker it's generally in your best interest not to show perspiration in front of your audience.
- 21/06/2024
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The Second Half of Your Year: Tumultous Will Events Happen
We can't guard against the unknown, but we can do our best with what we have.
- 16/06/2024
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When the Going Gets Tough, Maintain Perspective
Upon an unexpected setback at work, some people fall into a “justice trap.” They think that somehow a cosmic sense of justice will prevail.
- 12/06/2024
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14 Signs that You're Too Tired
Based on what you do on an average day, it is understandable that sometimes you feel very tired, but when is the tired feeling that you have bordering on danger?
- 11/06/2024
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Resilience: The Antidote to Adversity
Having resilience is fundamental to dealing with upheaval in our professional or personal lives.
- 03/06/2024
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Your Untapped Power via Those You Know
As people have known for ages, there is something encouraging, stimulating, and even inspiring about being affiliated with others.
- 26/05/2024
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In Hot Pursuit of a Goal
If you intend to achieve the goals you set for yourself, your goals need to be:
- 17/05/2024
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Positive Words for Positive People
Much has been written on affirmations and it's often misunderstood.
- 13/05/2024
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Holding Public Office
Running for or holding public office these days is no light task.
- 09/05/2024
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Everyone Begins Somewhere
If you feel some days as if you’re making little or no progress on your chosen goal, take heart: The world is full of people who followed a sequential approach to achieving fabulous goals.
- 29/04/2024
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For High Productivty, Take a Nap
A study by researchers Sara Mednick, Denise Cai, Jennifer Kanady, and Sean Drummond published in Behavioural Brain Research (2008) found that naps are better than caffeine for improving verbal memory, motor skills, and perceptual learning.
- 23/04/2024
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How to be a Workaholic
You know the scenario: get to work on time, do your job effectively, come home on time, and hopefully have a life for the rest of the day.
- 15/04/2024
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Taming the Information Overload Tiger
The unprecedented proliferation of information-generating technology within the last generation has led to a world with no end to clutter, new data, and overloaded workers.
- 10/04/2024
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Your Free Time is Valuable
Our free time matters, but leisure, as a concept for many people, is on the rocks.
- 05/04/2024
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Tips from The 60 Second Self-Starter
At some point throughout your days and your weeks, procrastination is something with which you will grapple.
- 01/04/2024
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Live Long and Prosper
Recent research in the field of genetics challenges the long-held belief that our lifespan is largely determined by hereditary factors.
- 27/03/2024
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You Gotta Give Hugs!
At the end of the 1940s, researchers initiated a long-term study of 379 kindergartners to learn what factors in raising children would impact their adult life.
- 24/03/2024
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How Well Do You Bounce Back from Adversity?
Resilience has been described as the ability to bounce back from adversity.
- 21/03/2024
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The Compelling Present
The average person is bombarded daily by more information than he or she can even comprehend.
- 19/03/2024
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Why East Coast Workers are Blurry Eyed on Monday Morning
Take a good look at the list below. What do all these events, listed in reverse order of occurrence, have in common? The answer: they all occur on Sunday evening.
- 17/03/2024
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Live to Fight Another Day
In our careers and lives, we are subject to highs and lows nearly all the time.
- 15/03/2024
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Electric Vehicles and the Tyranny of the Latest
A word meme on the internet got me to thinking about how wedded we are, often unnecessarily, to what's new and what's highly touted.
- 11/03/2024
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14 Signs of Having Breathing Space in Your Life Again
Have you been caught up in the rush, rush world of trying to get more done?
- 10/03/2024
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Five Observations About Work-life Balance
Here are five observations about work-life balance for career professionals, each followed by four quick tips to reinforce desired behavior:
- 08/03/2024
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Finding Meaning in Each Day's Activities
In her book, My Grandfather's Blessings, Rachel Remen tells a story about a doctor who had to deliver a baby in the hallway of the emergency room area.
- 03/03/2024
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Provocative Questions to Get You Moving
Suppose I asked you four questions to make you pause, think about what’s really important, perhaps take some action steps, and get you moving in a positive direction. What might I ask?
- 02/03/2024
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A Month Full to Streamline Your Life
As March beckons, here is an observation a day to streamline your life and have a greater sense of breathing space:
- 27/02/2024
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Seven Ways to Succeed as a Project Manager
Becoming a successful project manager requires a unique blend of skills, adaptability, and strategic thinking.
- 21/02/2024
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College Baseball is Painfully Slow
The need for reform in college baseball is evident, as lengthy games and slow play are causing a decline in fan interest.
- 13/02/2024
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12 Tips for Writing Your Memoir
Are you among the legions of individuals who suspect that they might have the makings of a good memoir, waiting to make its way onto the page?
- 05/02/2024
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Can Anyone be Spiritual? Yes
Traditionally, society has tended to regard those who attend some type of religious service on a regular basis as spiritual. If you're among them, more power to you.
- 01/02/2024
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When to Check in for Your Flight
On the face of it, checking in for your flight seems pretty simple – follow the time instructions listed on your boarding pass.
- 31/01/2024
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Make Your Day Go A Little Bit Better
Not every day can be sparkling but there are some simple things you can do to make things go a little smoother.
- 28/01/2024
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Choices You Can Make About Aging
Wanting to stay young is a universal desire for many people.
- 25/01/2024
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Simple Steps and Observations about Managing Stress
At least half the battle in alleviating stress is simply becoming more aware of how you react to situations.
- 20/01/2024
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The Anatomy of an Attempted Swindle
In the age of the Internet it's far too easy to be swindled, but long before then, my friend Eric almost got taken to the cleaners in a rental situation.
- 16/01/2024
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Welcome to Ford Motor Company
I quit my first post-college job feeling that there was more for me to do in the business world than sell calculators.
- 11/01/2024
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Sleep, the Nightly Elixir for Good Health
When we get good sleep, our body undergoes dozens and dozens of repairs each night.
- 08/01/2024
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Breathing Space Principles for Honoring Your Resolutions
Post your resolutions on your bathroom mirror or wherever you'll automatically notice them as you start each day.
- 03/01/2024
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More Breathing Space Tips for January
On each trip to the supermarket, shop for at least two food items that are new to you or your family.
- 02/01/2024
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Breathing Space Tips for January
Wow, another year! They keep on coming don't they? Here are some tips to start off the year that might make a difference long after January.
- 28/12/2023
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Random Acts of Kindness
We’ve all heard the phrase, “random acts of kindness.”
- 27/12/2023
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Eight Ways to Simplify Your Life
In today's fast-paced and digitally connected world, life can often become overwhelming.
- 24/12/2023
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Knowledge is Power: How to Spot Trends
To be overloaded by information and communication everyday is frustrating, but not inevitable.
- 22/12/2023
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Breathing Space Principles for Enjoying the Holidays
* Remember, you're in charge of what kind of holiday you're going to have--not Madison Avenue, Currier and Ives, or any other manufactured notion of what your life should include.
- 19/12/2023
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Breathing Space Tips: Holiday Entertaining
* Go food shopping for the incidentals – canned cranberry sauce, soft drinks, napkins, etc.– long before you have to get them. You can hide them, they'll keep, and you'll have far less items to be concerned about.
- 17/12/2023
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Have a Little Breathing Space for Christmas
Are you feeling the pinch as we inch toward the big holiday?
- 11/12/2023
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Living in Real Time
Are you living in real time or are you trying to catch up?
- 10/12/2023
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Do You Have Any Mentors and Do You Acknowledge Them?
Each December, for many decades I have annually bestowed on honorary award: the Jeff Davidson "Mentor of the Year." I know, being a mentor to little old me is not a big deal in the world.
- 06/12/2023
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Lessons to Learn from Taylor Swift
It’s official, Taylor Swift is now a billionaire. Not bad for age 33.
- 03/12/2023
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What if the Afterlife Comes After This Life?
Until recently, I held the view that when you die, it is the end.
- 01/12/2023
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Learning About Connecticut History, Late in the Game
I grew up in Connecticut and all of my schooling was there. Were we told about any of the innovations and inventions, below, in school?
- 27/11/2023
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Those Were the Daze
The song Those Were the Days sung by Mary Hopkins, was written by Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the original Russian song, Dorogoi Dlinnoyu, written by Boris Fomin.
- 23/11/2023
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The Comforting Effects of My Blown Money Roster
When it came to making wise expenditures, I had a particularly bad year in 2013.
- 20/11/2023
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Share Your Dreams
When you've set out to achieve a goal, it's easy to become discouraged somewhere along the way.
- 17/11/2023
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Genteel Euphemisms for Terms That Are All Too Familiar
Just for fun, here are some euphemisms for everyday terms, described in more eloquent language perhaps than they merit:
- 13/11/2023
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My Big Adventure with a “Writers’ Group”
I am in a chain bookstore in the Raleigh, NC Triangle.
- 09/11/2023
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The Corporate Quest for Work-Life Balance
The corporate quest for work-life balance has gained prominence.
- 07/11/2023
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Partners in Success
Both at work and away from it, partners have achieved some pretty remarkable things.
- 06/11/2023
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Friendships: Vital in Business
Making new friends in business is easier and more rewarding than you might think.
- 05/11/2023
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Cruising in Quiet
If you've ever been on a cruise vacation you know that despite all your travel planning, expenses, and careful considerations, and on top of everything that the cruise line itself does for you, the people in the cabin next door can make or break your vacation.
- 31/10/2023
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Excel in Your Career!
To excel in your career, set clear goals. Keep learning and work hard. Build a professional network. Be adaptable and communicate well.
- 30/10/2023
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A Long-Distance Reunion
A milestone anniversary is approaching for me and my college buddies.
- 15/10/2023
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Are You Considering a Coach?
Most professional and Olympic athletes have personal coaches to help them cope with competition and play their game to their maximum potential.
- 12/10/2023
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Breathing Techniques to Reduce Stress
People are feeling more stress these days, all day long.
- 09/10/2023
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Optimize, not Maximize, Your Use of Time
If you feel as if time races by too quickly, your quest is to optimize, but not maximize the hours in your day.
- 01/10/2023
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The Rollercoaster of Life
You will have many experiences in life; some joyful, some frightening, some profound, and most forgettable.
- 25/09/2023
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Disorganization Is Costly to Your Career
Success in your career often hinges on more than just your skills and qualifications. It also depends on your ability to stay organized and efficient.
- 17/09/2023
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100% Certainty That We’ll be On the Ground
Call me superstitious – actually I'm not – but go ahead, anyway.
- 15/09/2023
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Unnecessarily Overwhelmed and Exhausted
As I travel around the country speaking to organizations, I am struck by the number of people in my audiences who seem perpetually overwhelmed.
- 13/09/2023
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You Deserve a Break Today
No, I do not suggest buying a meal at a fast food restaurant.
- 11/09/2023
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Your Daily Commute, Only Better
Daily commutes in and around your metro area can be a drag but you have options that might make each journey more palatable.
- 04/09/2023
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Delegate or Fall Behind
In today's fast-paced world, the choice is clear: delegate tasks or risk falling behind.
- 25/08/2023
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The Advantage of Not Being the First
Thomas Edison was not the first to discover or invent electric lights.
- 21/08/2023
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Profiling For Fun and Profit
In the early 1990s, an extraordinary achievement unfolded in the world of Domino's Pizza that held profound implications for businesses and careers alike.
- 14/08/2023
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Dress Codes Matter
A flurry of articles and recent studies reveal that 'dress down' days in the workplace have not boosted worker productivity or morale.
- 07/08/2023
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Recovering from a Devastating Medical Malpractice Injury or Illness
When someone has been the victim of medical malpractice, particularly when it has been debilitating, it's not difficult to plunge into a cycle of despair.
- 03/08/2023
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The Narcissistic Book Reviewer
Did you hear the one about the narcissistic reviewer who requests a book and then says one of her first tests as it arrives in the mailbox is, "Just how eager am I to read it?"
- 26/07/2023
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Notes from General Colin Powell
"As I travel around the country, I invite questions from my audiences," Powell noted. "They seem to be searching for a guiding star. They see order breaking down. I don’t have all the answers, but I do have a few 'rules' that I try to live by.":
- 23/07/2023
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The Wisdom of Making Your Boss Look Good
Making your boss look good can only reflect favorably on you.
- 20/07/2023
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Staying Productive While in Flight
When you are flying, want to get work done, and told to put your cell phone in airplane mode, you might think that your productivity will suffer.
- 18/07/2023
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An Effective Line-Item Complaint Letter
In the course of your professional and personal activities you will encounter vendors who let you down.
- 14/07/2023
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Keeping it All in Perspective
On some days, it seems as if there is simply too much to handle.
- 05/07/2023
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The Value of Making Your Product or Service Seem to be Scarce
Mindy Weinstein, Ph. D., is the reigning subject matter expert on scarcity marketing.
- 29/06/2023
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Don't Dawdle with Low Probability Prospects
In my earlier career as a management consultant, I frequently assisted small business owners and career professionals with marketing and sales.
- 27/06/2023
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Stress: Seemingly Bad, Sometimes Good
To control the negative effects of stress in your life, it’s vital to understand how it affects your body and how you can manage stress in different areas of your life.
- 24/06/2023
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Optimism Matters
Research reveals that some people are apparently born optimistic -- such people naturally exude optimism to the utter bewilderment of the rest of the population.
- 24/06/2023
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Concentrate For a More Productive Day
Concentration is the ability to focus attention voluntarily, to ignore irrelevant stimuli, and to fix power and effort to a single goal.
- 16/06/2023
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Ten Techniques for Overcoming Information Overload
We are confronted by staggering amounts of new information every day.
- 08/06/2023
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Just the Way You Are
Piggy-backing on original words and music to the song Just the Way You Are by Billy Joel, with the same title, here is my parody:
- 02/06/2023
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When Wronged by a Service Provider
In our quest to be good consumers, when we have been wronged by a service provider, it is often necessary to precisely document our grievances, and submit our protest to the vendor as soon as possible.
- 29/05/2023
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Notes on Living Your Life Out Loud
Living Your Life Out Loud by Sally Raspberry and Padi Selwin (Pocket Books) takes an innovative approach to helping you get the most out of life.
- 17/05/2023
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Watch Your Language
When I was 24 and had just completed an MBA at the University of Connecticut, Graduate School of Business.
- 16/05/2023
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You Don’t Have What it Takes
When I left my first consulting position, I cast a wide net, seeking to land a job with a larger consulting firm.
- 13/05/2023
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Personal Rallying Cries
Nearly every day, we are subject to highs and lows. Things are going well, happiness ensues, and we’re not conscious of the time.
- 08/05/2023
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Diminishing Your Self-induced Stress
Stress is a constant factor in the lives of nearly all career professionals.
- 05/05/2023
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Your Physical Shell and Your Life
You are born, and you receive a physical shell, namely your body.
- 03/05/2023
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Titlerama
You've got this great idea for an article, a new product offering, a new service offering, a flier, a brochure, a podcast, or what have you.
- 27/04/2023
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Online Directories
If you're just starting a business, or you've been in business for a while, you'll probably be interested in ways that you can list your business and services on the Internet.
- 22/04/2023
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Life is One Experience After Another
You will have many experiences in life; some joyful, some frightening, some profound, and most forgettable.
- 16/04/2023
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You Can't Change Upbringing, You Can Change Your Perspective
Whether it was by your parents or parent surrogates, someone raised you.
- 12/04/2023
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Phone Use While Driving is a Risky Maneuver
No community that values safety, its citizens, and especially its children can allow the use of cell phones by drivers.
- 06/04/2023
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Inspiration from Caitlin Clarke
As a University of Connecticut alumnus, naturally I was aware two years ago of the phenomenal freshman season of Paige Bueckers.
- 02/04/2023
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Heaven on Earth, for Yourself
What would your life be like if you had the ability to drop back when you wanted or needed to do so?
- 27/03/2023
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Delegating: Inform, Empower, and Monitor
The first time you delegate anything to anyone, painstakingly walk them through exactly what you want them to achieve.
- 26/03/2023
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Offer Them 17 Reasons
In my career as a professional speaker, I’ve addressed 1060 conferences, conventions, and meetings.
- 22/03/2023
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Elaborating on Eight Dysphemisms
A "euphemism" is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that might suggest something more bluntly or offend others, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
- 19/03/2023
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Handicapped Parking for the Privileged
Do you feel the same way that I do about able-bodied couples who have a handicapped parking permit?
- 13/03/2023
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50 Recommended Books
Suppose you were marooned on a desert island and, as it turns out, you could have 50 of your favorite books, as long as they were, say, 10 years or older. What would you choose?
- 10/03/2023
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The Pleasure of Living Without Health Concerns
One Wednesday afternoon after work, when I probably should have had a large glass of water before taking off, I left my office and proceeded towards the School of Ballet and met my daughter who was finishing her class. I had already been walking for 20 or 25 minutes when I decided to go up the hill. It is a steep climb on the order of 30 or 35 degrees. I vigorously proceeded up the hill about 450 steps, then made my way down, and finally walked out to the main road.
- 09/03/2023
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Breathing Space for March
March is nearly the start of spring for some, and the continuation of winter for others.
- 06/03/2023
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Dreams Interpreted
I attended a session recently on dream interpretation, taught by someone who explains dreams to clients for a living.
- 06/03/2023
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State Your Case and Win
Years ago, when I was a full-time management consultant supervising a staff of eight, I had two young women on my team who had, in fact, nearly similar capabilities.
- 05/03/2023
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Maintaining Perspective in Turbulent Times
These are times that try a career professional's souls! Everything is put on hold or up in the air.
- 05/03/2023
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I Fought the Clock
Employing the original theme of I Fought the Law, music by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets, and popularized by the Bobby Fuller Four in 1966, here is my creation, I Fought the Clock.
- 02/03/2023
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Spring Has Not Arrived, This is an Anomaly
Here, in the last few days of February, 2023, it is excessively warm in Raleigh. One afternoon, the temperature reached 80, followed by 84 the next day which set an all-time record.
- 25/02/2023
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Your Potential Ally in a Store
Years back, I walked into a wholesale outlet store in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia and began looking around.
- 22/02/2023
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21 Factors That Speed up Your Sense of Time, Part 3
A continual lament that I hear when speaking to groups at conventions and conferences is, “I don’t have enough time. It seems to fly by.”
- 16/02/2023
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21 Factors That Speed up Your Sense of Time - Part 2
No one can grant you an extra hour or two each day; even if someone could, the 25- or 26-hour day might eventually become insufficient as well.
- 15/02/2023
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21 Factors That Speed up Your Sense of Time
We’re already into the second month of the new year! Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to have it not fly by so quickly?
- 14/02/2023
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Notes from A Strategy for Winning by Carl Mays
Anyone can be a winner, but it's amazing how few people take advantage of their opportunities to succeed.
- 10/02/2023
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Speak Geek, or at Least Fake It
By now you know that URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator.
- 06/02/2023
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Win Back Your Time in February, One Tip Per Day
February is a short month, but in the 28 days that follow, by making small steps, you can reclaim your time.
- 31/01/2023
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Notes from Permission to Win, by Ray Pelletier
The formula for winning in life, whether you're in jail or in chemotherapy or in a championship locker room or in the executive suite, is intuitive and instinctive. It's within everyone of us...
- 30/01/2023
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Your Future is on the Horizon
Take the lessons you’ve learned, and carry on with life.
- 27/01/2023
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75 Vital One-Sentence Tips on Reducing Stress
At least half the battle in alleviating stress is simply becoming more aware of how you react to situations.
- 25/01/2023
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When to Go to Bed
In his now hard to find book, The 24-Hour Society, Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, a former professor at Harvard Medical School, and a renowned authority on human circadian rhythm and its disruption by exposure to light, emphasizes an important rule about sleep: Go to bed when you're tired, not when you think you should.
- 22/01/2023
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Is It Time to Adopt a New Sport?
It's a new year, is it time to adopt a new sport?
- 08/01/2023
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Increase the Positive Vibes in Your Life
Would you like to increase the positive vibes in your life? Here's a simple way: perform three acts of goodness a day.
- 08/01/2023
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Your Vast Potential, at Any Age!
In case you've already passed a certain age and are thinking, "I have this big dream, but I'm too old," take heart.
- 25/12/2022
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Motivation in Small Packages
I’ve spoken to nearly 1064 audiences at conventions, conferences, and meetings, and have had the opportunity to hear probably 800 other speakers as well.
- 19/12/2022
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Paper Trails and One-Day Voting Work Best for Election Integrity
Here is a key question: In a democracy, what is more important, employing the latest sophisticated electronic equipment which does not provide a paper trail, or having an accurate vote count where both sides can agree on the actual votes for each candidate?
- 13/12/2022
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A Compelling Challenge Confronting Humanity: Population Growth
Many people know that the Green New Deal misses the mark and that dire claims of global warming often fall far short.
- 09/12/2022
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Succeeding in a Time of Whirlwind Change
Everywhere you look, many life-long career professionals are losing confidence in their ability to stay competitive in our rapidly changing world.
- 05/12/2022
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Everybody Starts Someplace
If you feel some days as if you’re making little or no progress on your chosen goal, take heart: The world is full of people who followed a sequential approach to achieving fabulous goals.
- 30/11/2022
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Multi-tasking Muddles Performance
As a myriad of technological wonders increasingly dominate our professional lives, it becomes harder and harder to concentrate on any single item.
- 24/11/2022
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Stay Vibrant While You Sit
Have you read the grim news? The more you sit the worse it is for you.
- 22/11/2022
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You Can Find the Time to Stay Fit
With all that competes for your attention, and all of your daily and weekly responsibilities, is there not a moment to spare?
- 08/11/2022
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Tackle Errands Effectively to Free Up Your Time
Many people have only a limited time away from work in a given week.
- 24/10/2022
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Breathing Space for Late October and November
Late October is an excellent month to be outdoors.
- 20/10/2022
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Your Breath – Your Life
Breathing is as essential to human life as food and water.
- 07/10/2022
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Toward a More Spiritual You
All week long you can practice being more spiritual that add up quickly to your being a more spiritual person.
- 26/09/2022
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Recharge Yourself to Be More Productive
When you feel as if you're not being as productive as you could be, or that you have strayed from your desired path, ask yourself: "What is the most effective use of my time?"
- 23/09/2022
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Business Meal Maneuvering
Did you know that in some of the more swanky dining establishments, waiters are directed to place the check in front of the party who made the reservation?
- 15/09/2022
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Breathing Space for Autumn
As summer gives way to autumn, use the season to enhance your breathing space.
- 08/09/2022
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Wean Yourself From Your Electronic Leash
In audience after audience, I am confronted by executives in all types of industries who cannot bear to be away from their mobile devices for any protracted period.
- 24/08/2022
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Dating In The Age of Social Media
For any relationship of consequence, given that the chemistry is there, character is largely the make or break factor.
- 21/08/2022
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Working with Your Organic Clock
In a Time Magazine feature titled, "Drowsy America," the director of Stanford University's sleep center concluded most adults ”no longer know what it feels like to be fully alert."
- 19/08/2022
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Chronic Tiredness is Your Doing
Chronic tiredness is characterized by extreme fatigue that lasts for at least six months.
- 28/07/2022
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Effective Delegators Achieve Momentum
Working with your staff would be a cakewalk if the only tasks you ever requested of them were simple to tackle, easy to complete and well within their capabilities.
- 13/07/2022
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Napping, If You Can
When you're tired, napping increases your alertness for the rest of the day.
- 06/07/2022
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Delegation as an Ongoing Phenomena
For much of your career, you’ve read or heard that one of the key approaches to getting things done is to delegate effectively.
- 14/06/2022
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Take Charge of Your Reading to Rise in Your Career
To establish and maintain your reputation as an authority in a chosen field, you need to ingest relevant information soon after it becomes available.
- 10/06/2022
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A Proactive Approach to Accomplishing More
Consider the activities you undertake when you move to a new town.
- 01/06/2022
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Work-life Balance and the Five Mega Realities
In the 1st edition of my Breathing Space which appeared in 1990, I discussed five major trends -- what I called mega-realities -- that influenced every aspect of our being, and from which no one was immune. Briefly, these five mega-realities include:
- 26/05/2022
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The Less You Owe, the More You Live
Think back to your high school and college history classes: can you recall a nation in the history of the earth that accumulated huge deficits over a prolonged period of time, lacked a concerted effort towards reducing these deficits, yet was able to sustain economic prosperity for its citizens?
- 20/05/2022
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Using Voice Recognition Software
If you want to be more productive in your office and make optimal use of your travel time, I've found that there is no better way than to use your cellphone as a pocket dictator.
- 10/05/2022
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Three Realities of Life
Sitting right where you are, with the fact that the world gains more than a quarter million people per day enables you to safely predict the following:
- 03/05/2022
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Sleep is the Simple Key to Good Health
At Stanford University, the founder of the University's Sleep Center, Dr. Edward C. Dement, who passed away at 91 in January 2020, once said, "Most Americans no longer know what it feels like to be fully alert."
- 28/04/2022
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Beware of People Who Tell You What You Need
I attended a social gathering downtown. Arriving early, few others had arrived.
- 23/04/2022
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Taking Calculated Risks to Enhance Your People Skills
Deborah Benton, author of the classic book, Lions Don’t Need to Roar, finds that while it’s essential to be competent in one’s position, inspire confidence in others, act accordingly in business situations most people don’t make it to the top, or anywhere near there.
- 18/04/2022
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Breathing Space for April
As we approach the month's half-way mark, here are some ideas to make the second half better than the first.
- 11/04/2022
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Novel Ideas for Spring Cleaning
If Spring cleaning seems like too big a task, maybe it’s time to adopt some new strategies to the annual ritual:
- 08/04/2022
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The Attention Economy
The Attention Economy, by Thomas Davenport and John Beck is a classic.
- 05/04/2022
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130 Things for Which to Be Grateful
Whether it’s a person, object, form of entertainment, place, or concept, everyone can be grateful for many things. I asked around and found out some of the things for which people express gratitude.
- 26/03/2022
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Prevailing Amidst all the Distractions
Over the last decade or more, you likely have found yourself being interrupted in the course of a work day with greater frequency.
- 20/03/2022
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Three Acts a Day
Would you like to increase the positive vibes in your life?
- 09/03/2022
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The Millionaire Mind Set
Millionaire Mind Set by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley (Andrews McMeel) bears consideration even if you don’t have the goal of becoming a millionaire.
- 04/03/2022
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Become More Impactful: Eliminate Ambiguity
“What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger” is the title of a Kelly Clarkson song.
- 01/03/2022
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February is a Short Month: Stay Focused, Stay Balanced
February is a short month, both in the number of calendar days, and in the length of the days themselves.
- 09/02/2022
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Liberty and Security: Axioms of a Questionable Nature
So much of what we read, think, and repeat is not exactly correct!
- 06/02/2022
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Tip Toeing Through the Tulips?
Everybody, everywhere, nearly all the time has about 6 to 8 significant problems, which could involve relationships, health, career, finances, or unresolved traumas and dramas.
- 28/01/2022
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Job Stress Blues
A growing number of career professionals think that they're in an industry that uniquely contributes to stress.
- 24/01/2022
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Pace Yourself for the Long Haul
You are going to live much longer than you think; perhaps you'll reach 100. One day, you might take time off to travel the world.
- 24/01/2022
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales
I found the words of Dr. William R. Maples, Ph.D., in describing suicide victims to be poignant.
- 21/01/2022
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Reflecting On The Credentials of Educators
I attended a lecture by one of the most well-known authors and speakers in America.
- 17/01/2022
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Remain Positive in the Face of Change
So far, 2022 does not seem much different from 2021.
- 14/01/2022
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Concentration Makes for a More Productive Day
As we take time out for the holidays, we have, perhaps, a moment to contemplate the power of concentration.
- 07/01/2022
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Accelerate Your Goals for a Winning Career
Between Christmas and the first week of the New Years is a great time for reflection, especially for career issues.
- 02/01/2022
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Putting Your Career in High Gear
As you progress in your career, the goals and aspirations that you had during earlier years often don't match the ones that you now have.
- 12/12/2021
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Smile and the World Smiles Back
If you smile at someone, they tend to smile back.
- 08/12/2021
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How You Feel is Your Choice
You're stalled in traffic on the interstate highway on a sweltering day in August when your car's air conditioner conks out.
- 07/12/2021
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Interruptions Don't Have to Ruin Your Day
Over the last ten years, you have found yourself being interrupted in the course of a work day with greater frequency.
- 29/11/2021
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Cybersecurity: A Brief Checklist Handling a PC Virus Attack
Here are some tips to handle a computer (PC) virus attack.
- 22/11/2021
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The Genius of Making Your Boss Look Good
Making your boss look good can only reflect favorably on you.
- 17/11/2021
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Reinvigorating Your Perspective
Rachel Remen, in her book My Grandfather's Blessings, tells a story about a doctor who had to deliver a baby in the hallway of the emergency room area.
- 31/10/2021
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Ways to Avoid Job Burnout
In this ever-changing society, individuals are experiencing more pressures and stressors.
- 27/10/2021
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3 Tips For Less Stressful Airport Arrivals
Now that more people are taking to the skies, depending upon whom you consult – gate agents, TSA officials, airline officials, airport spokespersons, and veteran travelers – you’ll receive a variety of responses as to when to arrive at the airport.
- 23/10/2021
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Work-life Balance Has Six Components
In the 1st edition of my Breathing Space which appeared in 1990, I discussed five major trends -- what I called mega-realities -- that influenced every aspect of our being, and from which no one was immune. Briefly, these five mega-realities include:
- 22/10/2021
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Remaining At Your Best When Presenting, In Person or Via the Web
Something out of the ordinary could happen every other time you stand in front of a group.
- 16/10/2021
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Micro-Tasking For Effective Performance
Much has been discussed about multitasking and fortunately, much of what has been written exposes the myth that multitasking represents.
- 14/10/2021
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Reap the Benefits of the Road Less Traveled
You've earned a vacation after many months of solid work.
- 10/10/2021
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Fewer Interruptions, Greater Wellness
In computer science, an interruption is a signal to a computing device that halts the execution of a program in progress so that some other action can proceed.
- 26/09/2021
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Devise a Reward, Then Conquer
Much of human behavioral psychology can be explained by the simple phrase “behavior that is rewarded is repeated.”
- 20/09/2021
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Bounce Back from Adversity
Resilience has been described as the ability to bounce back from adversity.
- 14/09/2021
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Leave Work Feeling Fine
The notion of staying longer after work to be more productive is a fallacy that will keep you chasing the clock.
- 10/09/2021
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Talking in the Midst of Wonderland
In November 2015, I was privileged to speak on board the ship the Ruby Princess, which sailed to several ports in Australia and for New Zealand.
- 23/08/2021
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Trees Fall, Love Lives On
I grew up in Bloomfield Connecticut until I graduated from high school, then attended college and got a job.
- 19/08/2021
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Multitasking Leads to Lower Productivity
Dividing your attention to complete multiple activities at once can make you less effective at everything you're doing.
- 09/08/2021
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Work Out or Bag Out
There's no denying that you often face demanding, high pressure tasks, but that's no excuse for lack of exercise.
- 03/08/2021
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Work-life Balance, Integration, and Harmony is the Issue of Our Era
Organizations everywhere proudly proclaim that their people are their most important assets.
- 03/08/2021
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Sleep: The Magic Elixir to Good Health
At Stanford University, the founder of the University's Sleep Center, Dr. Edward C. Dement, once said, "Most Americans no longer know what it feels like to be fully alert."
- 02/08/2021
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Caffeine and Other Impediments to Sleep
Based on a study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, you need to be cautious as to when you stop consuming caffeine.
- 02/08/2021
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Deep Breathing and the Quality of Life
Inhale, exhale. Breathing is as essential to human life as food and water.
- 28/07/2021
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Use Your Cell Phone Wisely, For Greater Peace of Mind
More and more people are spending countless hours per week using the internet, email, cell phones, and instant messenger connections.
- 25/07/2021
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Extricate Yourself From Complexity Traps
Complexity confounds us. Debilitates us. It is frustrating.
- 21/07/2021
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For High Productivity, Take a Nap!
A study by researchers Sara Mednick, Denise Cai, Jennifer Kanady, and Sean Drummond published in Behavioural Brain Research (2008) found that naps are better than caffeine for improving verbal memory, motor skills, and perceptual learning.
- 18/07/2021
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Putting Your Career in High Gear
As you progress in your career, the goals and aspirations that you had during earlier years often don't match the ones that you now have. You might seek to take on more responsibility at work and to be paid more for your services. More Challenging Goals Here is an issue which is subjective and simply isn’t the same for everyone, yet there are common indicators that point to the right times to ‘up’ your goalsIf you’ve achieved some of your challenging goals in a fraction of the time you originally allocated, that’s a strong indication that you could set even more challenging goals, or keep them the same, but decrease the time frame for reaching them.Chip Eichelberger, formerly Tony Robbins’ International point man, has been a motivational speaker to 1000+ groups. He says that as your competence and expertise develop, and the ease with which you perform compared to others in your profession or industry is notable, that is as good a sign as any that it’s time to make your goals more challenging. Some notable examples will bring this topic to life. Oh, Oh, Oh, It’s Magic When Michigan State sophomore Magic Johnson won the NCAA basketball crown in 1979, he entered the NBA and became the starting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. Among many other rookie stars that year, he sought to make his mark in the pro leagues, and be a major contributor to his team.During his first season, he received rave notices for his passing ability and leadership skills. During the NBA finals that year, against the Philadelphia 76ers, when All-Star center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was forced to miss the sixth and deciding game because of injury, Magic Johnson filled in at the center position.In an amazing performance, he scored 42 points and was named the finals MVP. As his Lakers team was crowned NBA champions, it was apparent even in his rookie season, that one championship for Magic wasn’t going to be enough. Any earlier goals he might have had regarding his performance, how the Lakers would fare, and what kind of champions they might be, suddenly became outdated. Consumer Advocacy Redefined Ralph Nader had been a one-man crusader for consumer rights in the middle of the last century. In the early 1960s, when he challenged the automobile industry through the court system and with his book, Unsafe at Any Speed, he was quickly hailed as a consumer advocate par excellence. The book, which went on to become a bestseller, documented the known risks and engineering shortcomings of the nation’s most popular selling cars.Whatever goals Nader had as a consumer advocate, following his sparkling victory in compelling the auto industry to increase its safety standards, soon became surpassed. Nader realized that one well-presented jury case was more impactful than 10,000+ protesters clanging on fences outside of General Motors headquarters.Not resting on his achievements, Nader initiated the Public Interest Resource Group (PIRG), which ultimately launched a branch in every state. He founded Common Cause, an organization and national magazine directed at illuminating the practices and procedures of special interest groups, in particular, when they ran contrary to the “common causes” that benefited so many more people.After that, Nader became an unbowed advocate of environmental protection. He relentlessly exposed corporate and multinational interests that appeared to act contrary to the wants and needs of larger society. In perspective, Nader’s whole career was one of choosing goals, and then by enlisting the dedication and support of legions of followers, – primarily volunteers, making his goals even more challenging.When everything inside of you cries out that you can reach your goals, and achieve even more, it is an appropriate time to make your goals more challenging. From His Dorm Room Michael Dell is the founder of Dell computers. As you might know, when he launched his company decades ago, it was from his college dormitory room! At many junctures throughout his career, in his 20s, 30s, 40s and now 50s, he has upped the ante in terms of the goals he has chosen.Today, this multimillionaire many times over sponsors one of the contests on the PGA golf tour, the Dell Technologies Championship. Dell has said that you don’t have to be a genius or visionary, or even a college graduate to be successful. “You simply need a framework and a dream.”
- 14/07/2021
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Know, Like & Trust
If only a simple method was available to predict when you will make a strong connection with someone, be it in a business situation, social situation, or otherwise.
- 11/07/2021
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Backed Up to Kingdom Come
You receive alerts all the time urging you to install software updates for the equipment and software that you use.
- 07/07/2021
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Take this Day and Love it
How many total days do you have to live? 24,000? Perhaps 32,000? Whatever the total, for many people, it's more than our counterparts of a generation ago.
- 04/07/2021
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Better Timing to Become More Effective
Daily tasks can either drain or energize you.
- 03/07/2021
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Five Ways to be a Breathing Space-Type Leader
At predictable times throughout the year things can get pretty hectic in your career.
- 01/07/2021
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Grand Achievements Through the Ages
Besides being regarded as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, what do these sites have in common: the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt; the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, in what is now Iraq; the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece; the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Turkey; the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in what is now Bodrum, Turkey; the Colossus of Rhodes in Greece; and the Lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt?
- 28/06/2021
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So Crucial to Well-Being: Work-life Balance, Integration, and Harmony
Organizations everywhere proudly proclaim that their people are their most important assets.
- 25/06/2021
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The Shared Burden of Responsibility
When you add it all up – serfdom, indentured servitude, slavery, the Holocaust, genocide, ethnic cleansing, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, dust bowls, pandemics, epidemics, famine, wars, human trafficking and every day skirmishes – it’s evident that a significant portion of the population has experienced, or has ancestors who have experienced horrendous times, conditions, or upbringings.
- 06/06/2019
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