Reach Out of Your Comfort Zone For Breakthroughs!
“It’s not our failures that determine our future success, but how we explain them to ourselves.”
—Dr Martin Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology
A great way to expedite your personal and professional growth process, is to adopt strategies to get out of your comfort zone. Marge Warrell ‘s recent Forbes article Why Getting Comfortable …
Character Traits Predict Success: B-Schools and Employers Rate Personalities!
“Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. “
-Margaret Thatcher
Measuring the EQ—or emotional intelligence quotient—is the latest attempt …
Sheryl Sandberg Boosts Her Personal Brand: So Can You!
“Every group of people that has been systematically told they were supposed to play a limited role internalizes that role.” Gloria Steinem
“We have to fight against the barriers and get them out of our consciousness.” Sheryl Sandberg
Over the past few weeks Sheryl Sandberg has become a household name: She took her high-profile position …
Curb Your Graduation Anxiety and Profit From Harnessing It!
“Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.” T. S. Eliot
College seniors are getting the jitters and find the last year of their college days filled with anxiety and fear about what’s next? They know of friends a year ahead of them who have “made it’” as well as other friends who have moved back …
So You’re Accepted to College: Now Learn to Leverage It!
Almost every college applicant experiences waves of excitement, anxiety and even some fear while waiting to hear if you have been accepted to college. Most parents share in their childrens’ anxiety and feel a huge sense of relief when at long last, the thick envelope arrives and enclosed is the golden ticket from college admissions…congratulations, …
Sheryl Sandberg: Gen Y Women’s New Guru?
Sheryl Sandberg : The Next Guru for Modern Women in the Workforce!
The recent attention given to Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, has brought her celebrity status and controversy over how to educate the next generation of women to become leaders and their own advocates. She’s written a book called “Lean In: Women, Work, …
Improve Your Reputation at Work: Meet Your Deadlines!
Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time. ~ Horace Mann
Whether you’re a student seeking employment after college or an employee working for a corporation, meeting your deadlines and showing up on-time for meetings will affect your reputation …
Successful Networkers Respect Boundaries: Etiquette and Tact Pay Off!
There is a delicate balance between self-promoting and promoting with tact and appropriateness. If you pay close attention to the signals you’re receiving from peers and colleagues you can learn when someone truly wants advice or information about your product/service and when they’re not really interested. Ask yourself the question; Is it worth investing energy …
What Mantra Do You Use As Your Guiding Voice?
I recently spoke with someone who inspired me with his mantra for how he lives his life. He said this: “The World was created for me and at the same time I am responsible for the world.” These two ideas at first glance seem to conflict but a closer look shows that they hold the …
Collaborating With Others Is a Key to Success!
During a recent consultation with a young mother, I was asked how I would have responded to her eight year old child’s statement “mommy, Tami’s a better artist than me.”
I told the inquisitive mother that with every question a child asks there is an opportunity to educate and prepare them for their future. Your …