Why Working At Home Isn’t The Problem Or The Solution
People often ask me how I can work from home. They say, “I’d be so distracted. I would have a hard time not watching TV or doing the laundry.” All I can
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Category Archives: Personal Angst
5 Ways to Stay Focused During Times of Uncertainty
Do you know exactly where you going to be a year from now? How about two years from now?
If you think you know exactly what the future holds for you, you’re wrong.
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3 Mistaken Beliefs about conflict, and how to overcome them
Are you a conflict-avoider? Nobody likes conflict, but avoiding conflict usually winds up being even more painful than addressing it. If you work or live with a conflict-avoider, or you’re one yourself, you’ve probably experienced
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The Stupid Mistake Most People Make When Choosing A Career
What did you want to be when you grew up? A dancer, fireman, rock star? Or maybe an astronaut? When I was 10 I told my mom I wanted to be a TV preacher. Then
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Why People Fail and How To Stop It
Why do people fail? Is it because they’re lazy or incompetent? Perhaps the Universe conspires against us sometimes. We tend to think of failure as catastrophic. It’s a big scary horrible thing to be avoided
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How Apologizing Makes You More Powerful
There are two kinds of “I’m sorry.” The kind where you feel bad for the other person, and the kind where you take personal responsibility for what went wrong. The first kind of “I’m sorry”
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Are You An Additive Person Or A Subtractive One?
It started with stuffing. But then, as Southern family fights tend to do, it went from stuffing to sweet potatoes to full fledged character assassination. It’s the kind of fight that sears into your soul,
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How to Differentiate Yourself in 1 Minute Flat
Can a single pivotal behavior elevate the culture of your entire organization? It can if it’s the right behavior. Here’s how a simple 1 minute act helped an organization outperform their competition by leaps and
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The Terrible Thing That Happened While I Wasn’t Looking
Nobody tells you it’s going to be like this. The early days of the job are exciting. There are so many new things to see and learn, each day seems to last forever. Then somewhere
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It’s Always Personal: Why Even Men Cry at Work
She was absolutely blindsided, sucker-punched. She hunched over the telephone, turned her back on her colleagues and gazed unseeingly at the high rise across the street as Sumner Redstone, the almost 70-year-old Chairman of Viacom
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Why People Become Extremists During Arguments
It starts out calm. You’re having an intelligent debate with a colleague. Then they say something that pushes your buttons and before you know it, the words are flying and logic is out the window.
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