Why Are Values Important?Values are the underlying reason we make a lot of our decisions. This ranges from not calling your friend back when they invite you to an event you don’t want to attend all the way to giving that nice homeless man a dollar. You may not even recognize that your values come… Continue reading Know Your Values
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Everyone Else Does It
Working to Live and Living to Work In my journey of finding happiness, I hate to admit it, but my number one stress is money. I make a decent amount of it, but my job brings an unnecessary amount of stress into my life. Stress that I carry home and project onto my loved ones.… Continue reading Everyone Else Does It
How to Keep Pushing Forward
Stuck in a Rut? Have you ever started a project that you just can’t seem to finish? I mean, no matter how hard you try it just seems impossible to muster the appropriate motivation to complete your task. Maybe your mind is wandering to better things. It seems like it won’t end. You get so… Continue reading How to Keep Pushing Forward
Listen With Purpose II
Communication is an important skill. It is a way to connect and create relationships, as well as articulate ideas and create influence. Most of us are guilty of interrupting, zoning out, or "hearing" not "listening". Listening with a purpose will give you insight into the preferences, concerns, and intent of others. Here are a few… Continue reading Listen With Purpose II
Lay The Foundation
Have a Strong Surface to Build Upon The foundation of your experiences, perceptions, successes, joy and happiness are just as important as the foundation of a house. When there is a natural disaster with winds that howl and rattle your windows, and hail that pounds divots into your roof, the foundation is what you rely… Continue reading Lay The Foundation
Persuasive Communication
Build a Following You’ve got it all figured out. Your routine has been perfected. You wake up in the morning and hop out of bed, with a smile, ready to face the day. Shoot, you don’t even give your alarm the chance to buzz before you have breakfast started. You know your passions and have… Continue reading Persuasive Communication
Who Are You?
How Would You Define Yourself? “Be yourself… everyone else is already taken” -Oscar Wilde A while back I attended a professional’s meet up. It was a networking event based around deep thinking. I was somewhat nervous walking in, not knowing what to expect. I knew there would be networking, so I pulled my trusty extrovert… Continue reading Who Are You?
Don’t Stress Stress
There is an Upside The alarm sounds and you look over to a clock flashing some ridiculous hour. You give your blurry eyes a rub to make out the numbers. “Crap!” you jump out of bed realizing you forgot about daylight savings and that clock is an hour off! You rush through the house throwing… Continue reading Don’t Stress Stress
Dreams With a Plan
Setting Goals Dreams aren't reality, they are figments of our unconscious mind. Fictitious stories you tell yourself and your friends. Places you wish to be, like living in your dream house, or jetting across the lake in your dream boat, or on your dream vacation. Dreams seem out of reach, and most of the time… Continue reading Dreams With a Plan
Simplify Productivity
Become More Productive by Working Smarter The conventional picture of productivity has remained the same for many years. Put your head down, work more hours, produce more products, early to bed early to rise. That just continues to compound until you are putting in 12 hours or more a day, take work home, and skip… Continue reading Simplify Productivity