Tagged: Self Development
10 Things You Can Do To Build a Meaningful and Productive Relationship With Your Co-Workers
Comments Off on 10 Things You Can Do To Build a Meaningful and Productive Relationship With Your Co-WorkersGreet your co-workers daily. When given the opportunity, say hello to your colleagues. Small gestures like this can go a long way and plant the seeds for a friendship and respectful working relationship. Sometimes a simple smile is enough to brighten someone’s day. Making this effort won’t go unrecognized. Check-in with your team. Make it a point to make conversation with your co-workers and ...
Reading More6 Tips for Improving Your Focus
Comments Off on 6 Tips for Improving Your FocusWith all the daily distractions, stresses, and to-do’s we have to get done, getting focused and “in the zone” for work can often be challenging. Knowing how to combat these obstacles and setting ourselves up for focus is key to the success of our work. We need to have the tools to get motivated and stay focused on the tasks that come with our daily workload, and these are six ways to help ...
Reading More3 Ways To Win Friends and Influence People
Comments Off on 3 Ways To Win Friends and Influence PeopleIs one of your goals this year to improve your people skills? With so much human interaction gone digital in the last couple of years, it’s understandable that people may have digressed in the people skills department. Just like with a muscle, you can lose it if you don’t use it. Thankfully, it just takes some practice and putting yourself back into environments that will allow you to work on ...
Reading MoreEarn the Admiration of Others
Comments Off on Earn the Admiration of OthersBohdi Sanders once said, “Your reputation is what others think of you; your character is what you truly are. Reputations can be manipulated; character can only be developed and maintained.” If you have ever held a leadership position, you know that it comes with a lot of feedback—good feedback, negative feedback, private feedback, public feedback, and everything in between! It can be easy ...
Reading MoreThree Tips for Habit Building
Comments Off on Three Tips for Habit BuildingIt’s been said that you’re 30 days away from the old you. If you don’t stay consistent with your habits, it’s just a matter of time before you revert to old ways. As we approach the new year, goals and resolutions are top of mind for many people. While it’s easy to pinpoint what you want to accomplish, the hard part is following through on it. Here are three tips for habit-building that ...
Reading More3 Tips To Spark Holiday Joy
Comments Off on 3 Tips To Spark Holiday Joy‘Tis the season for crushing business goals and planning the upcoming year. As we approach the holiday season, life can get hectic. A time that’s intended for family, friends, and a slower pace of life can often feel like the complete opposite in the workplace. Here are three tips to ensure you keep gratitude and joy forefront in your personal and professional life. Attitude of ...
Reading More3 Ways To Control Your Nerves
Comments Off on 3 Ways To Control Your NervesWhen it comes to presenting, the main culprit in our potentially unsuccessful delivery isn’t our lack of knowledge or curated PowerPoint—it’s our nerves. We often talk faster, stumble, add filler words, and/or blank on what we want to say. All because we’re nervous. Talk about frustrating. Here are a few tips to help you control your nerves so that they don’t control you. Practice, ...
Reading MoreWinning at the Game of Life
Comments Off on Winning at the Game of LifeIf life were a game, would you be winning at it? Have you gained victory over the goals you’ve set, or are you feeling defeated? As with every game, how you show up and play directly results in whether you achieve victory or find yourself defeated. If you are lacking a good strategy, here are three tips to help you be victorious. Identify the Victory Before you can achieve the victory you are ...
Reading MoreStart Working Towards Your Goals Today
Comments Off on Start Working Towards Your Goals TodayWhether it’s the type of life you aspire to have or the business idea you’ve dreamt about for years, we all have dreams and goals that we think about constantly. The problem for a lot of us is, it’s easy to get stuck in “one-day” land. We’re serious about the idea of accomplishing the said goal, but often we let too much time pass by without actually taking action. Before we know it, ...
Reading MoreTips for Effective Presenting
Comments Off on Tips for Effective PresentingWhen it comes to public speaking and presentations, most people are not excited by the thought of it. According to Forbes, only 10% of people thrive on public speaking, and 10% of people are absolutely terrified of it. That leaves 80% of people who are somewhere in between. Here are some tips to help you deliver your message effectively while staying confident and comfortable throughout ...
Reading MoreConquering 3 Types of Fear
Comments Off on Conquering 3 Types of FearFear is normal. Everyone deals with fear. But even though to be human is to know fear, it does not mean that we should let it overrun our lives. When it comes to leadership and success, fear is nothing more than something unknown to us. The only way to break through that proverbial wall is to stop thinking about what you fear and instead take action—now. Here are three types of fear you may be ...
Reading MoreChange Your Perspective
Comments Off on Change Your PerspectiveHave you ever stopped to think about what you’re thinking about? For a lot of people, they might be surprised at how negative their thoughts might skew. We don’t intentionally mean to beat ourselves up over a bad workday, where we are in our career versus where we thought we would be, or maybe something as small as sleeping through our alarm that morning, but if we don’t catch those ...
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