Having worked in my HR role for two years I was eager to advance to the next level. Given my successful performance track record, I felt fairly confident that I would be the selected candidate for the internal promotion I had applied to. When I found out that I did not receive the promotion, I […]
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“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” Suzy Kassem If self-doubt is an assassin, it’s skilled at killing your dreams quietly and quickly without you knowing. It will mask itself as a cautious thinker or a shrewd risk analyst and send your dream to the grave before you realize it. Self-doubt is a common […]
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It’s scary to take on anything new. Change is difficult. Even when a change is necessary and it’s clear that a failure to change would create even more challenges, it’s still hard. It means releasing something that we may hold dear for any number of reasons. Sacrifice comes as a calling asking us to give […]
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“On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, ‘Life will never be the same.’ Because there had never been anyone like you… ever in the world.” – Nancy Tillman My mother-in-law bought this book for my daughter and I […]
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt When was the last time you were flooded with excitement about something that was all yours? Something that set you on fire and drove you to jump out of bed in the morning? It could be from an accomplishment, a hobby, […]
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Let’s start with a question: Would you rather break up with someone or tell a coworker that you’re bothered by something they did? In a survey, most people picked the dumping over the difficult work-related conversation (No Hard Feelings, pg. 139). In my opinion, there is something seriously wrong with that data point. How can […]
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You know that voice inside your head; the one that’s always pointing out all the things you’re doing wrong, and all the things you could do better? Yep, that’s your inner critic, and we all have one. Much like everything else in life, your inner critic has good intentions (always bettering!) but is only beneficial […]
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Even though we live in modern society, we still have prehistoric brains that respond with instincts before logic and causes us to sometimes struggle to make the right choices. This is because our instincts work faster – way faster – than the thinking parts of our brains. Today, we’re talking about how to tame your […]
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We all have blind spots. No one would question the existence of them when driving. Yet people are often oblivious or in denial about their blind spots in relationships, conversations, even projects and tasks. Blind spots are how you are deceiving yourself. You may say you want one thing, but in the moment, your actions […]
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Being an impactful leader takes more than business acumen and intelligence – it also requires emotional smarts and self-regulation. Author and psychologist Daniel Goleman, author of “Emotional Intelligence”, helped popularize the term and create more awareness of it in the 90’s. Goleman believes that success in life requires more than IQ alone. His research showed […]
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How many of us can honestly say we’re not happy with life? How many of us can say that if we had the choice to improve our happiness, we would? One of the most common feelings people struggle to find is happiness and the real question is: why is happiness so hard to find? Is […]
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Ask any group what is one of the things they wish their leader did better. One of the answers is almost always that they want to be heard. The leader looks on in surprise at this answer and says, “I hear you!” But, as leaders, do we listen? Do we really practive active listening as […]
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