Life is full of give and takes. But when it comes to criticism, most people would rather give than take. People react differently when they are criticized. Some people get angry while others may lose confidence in themselves. Then there are some who can take criticism and apply it in a positive way. My goal in this article is to help you become one of those people. Giving criticism can be as difficult as taking criticism. If your intentions are good but the delivery is not, your message will not be well received. When that happens, the person will not...
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“You’ve been waking up at what at time the past few weeks?” “Three.” “Three?” “Yes, Three.” “Well, I usually go to bed at around three every night so I guess I’ll give you a call before I go to sleep to tell you good night.” That is how many of my conversations have been going in the past few weeks when I revealed to someone about my 3 a.m. experiment. Some would say that they admired my ability to wake up early. Others wondered how I was able to do it without falling asleep at work. And a few just looked at me as...
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Have you ever started your work day or project focused and ready to succeed just to find yourself thinking about something that has nothing to do with what you are working on a few minutes later? Maybe you have a goal that you intended to accomplish just to see it fade because you were unable to stay focused. We all have an issue with staying focused at some point or another. Recently, I’ve had a hard time staying focused. My lack of focus has cost me to be ridiculously unproductive. After a few good months of high productivity and accomplishment, the last...
Read MoreThere are many different ways to persuade people to your way of thinking. Politicians, writers, and advertising companies use multiple techniques to get the masses to buy into their message. But persuasion techniques are important for everyone to learn. We are constantly trying to persuade others in one direction or another. Whether it is trying to convince your friends to eat at one restaurant instead of another, or getting your boss to give you a raise, being able to persuade other people is important. Ancient Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle understood the power of persuasion. They used persuasion (rhetoric) to...
Read MoreEach one of us has made some type of promise to ourselves. It may have been a promise to eat healthier, watch less T.V. and read more, or even to wake up earlier. Our promises to ourselves are usually made in order to create a better life by adding something good, or taking something away. There many moral reasons why we want to keep promises to other people. It may be because you believe it’s the right thing to do. It may also be because you want to be known as a trustworthy person. Or even because you really want the...
Read MoreIf you are reading this than chances are you believe that it is possible to be smarter in a month. Fortunately for you, it is possible. The amount of progress that you make in the time you dedicate to this is determined by how well you can execute the practices that will help you become smarter. In other words, if you do these things you will see a difference, if you cheat you won’t. When I say that you can become smarter, I am referring to an increase of concentration, focus, productivity, understanding and overall intellectual knowledge. Professor Howard Gardner...
Read MoreHave you ever been in a situation where you had the opportunity to say something or to speak up for yourself but you didn’t? Maybe there was a decision to be made but for some reason you couldn’t muster up the courage to make that gutsy decision? With the lack of assertiveness, come missed opportunities to communicate your ideas and thoughts. The lack of assertiveness can also make you appear self-conscious and not having your own opinions. On the other hand, those who are assertive are seen by others as confident, more knowledgeable, more fun to be around, and more likely...
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Why does it seem like every time you commit to changing a bad habit, something happens that tests just how committed you are? You start a diet, and then you get a call from a friend who wants to go to your favorite restaurant. Or sometimes you promise yourself you are going to immediately start on an assignment that has to get done but you end up procrastinating until the very last minute? These types of things are common and one of the major reasons why they occur to all of us is due to the lack of self-discipline. Many people...
Read More1)Cary Grant From about the mid 1930s to the present, any leading man that wore a tux on screen was duplicating the persona that Cary Grant created. Dashing good looks and charm made Cary Grant a mega movie star and a film legend. For 33 years he was America’s ultimate movie icon. The ultra smooth British born actor created an image that every man envied and admired. Cary Grant (whose birth name was Archibald Leach) himself even joked about the larger than life persona that he created by saying “Everyone wants to be Cary Grant, even Cary Grant”. What you can...
Read MoreThere is something special about someone who can perform when the stakes are high and time is short. There’s something very heroic about Michael Jordan stealing the ball from Karl Malone, taking the ball up court, and hitting a last second shot as his defender stumbles to the floor. We love to see the dauntless doctor on television spring into action to rescue the patient whose vital signs are dropping at a rapid pace. Or the firefighter who is able to maintain a certain level of focus even though flames and smoke threaten to consume him alive. In your life, you...
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