When does the “Golden Rule” come into play in your life? Do you use it on purpose? Most people agree that “Do to others as you would have them do to you” is a really smart rule to live by. But it’s a principle that’s been around for a long
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Your energy is limited. Burnout and discouragement can happen in any area of your life, at any time. Think you know the best way to avoid it? Perhaps you are even approaching that proverbial brick wall right now at rapid speed and suspect that a month-long sabbatical is your only
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Your emotional batteries are completely flat. Do you know what to do? Is your current strategy for a re-charge working? If you follow the preferences of others, rather than your own, you won’t actually get what you really need. Overcome the “Daily Burn” with the right “Daily Boost”! Learn which
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Your supply of inner resources is exhaustible. What do you do when you’ve hit that brick wall? Your emotional tank is empty and mentally, there’s not much left. Life is so full of little stressors. Add some meaningful stress, like a major move, a job change or an illness in
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Do you have people in your life that just seem more “intense” than most? Or is it you others describe as having fiery enthusiasm? It’s not hard to understand or experience an unspoken intensity around things that are important to you. A compelling cause can capture your focus completely. A
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Do you long for a day that you feel 100% in control of your thoughts? Can you have a day where no matter what’s thrown your way, you have a quiet resolve to continue your path without disruption? Quiet resolve is a common goal for anyone who seeks a smart, efficient use
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Did you know caution is an emotion? Caution isn’t just an emotion; it’s intelligent emotional fuel for many. Do you have a child who’s genuinely concerned about the details of every change? Do you know friends who feel and act very unsettled until there’s a plan in place? You are
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Do you have a friend, a child, or a spouse who seems to operate with an unending stream of positive thinking? Do they love action and excitement? Have you noticed they stay focused on the present, looking for just the right way to make an impact on the world around
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How well you know your staff makes all the difference in their success, your success and to successfully reaching company goals. There is a better guide to placement, hiring and development that will ensure such success. What do we really know about prospective employees? We have often been caught
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Plato told us the key to building successful teams. How do we build a team that works and performs to its potential? Plato gave us the key to building successful teams some 2,300 years ago: Have each person work, exercising their native inner strengths (the core urges that shape their
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Making a connection in sales and service requires knowledge and understanding of people Knowing how to close a sale and/or service a client with the unspoken advantage of making that client feel at home with you is a skill from which all sales people could benefit. Achieving connection in sales
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How can we lead people successfully if we don’t understand them? That question inevitably leads to this one: Are they supposed to understand us in the daily interchanges of business, or we, them? Understanding is underrated and often incorrectly evaluated. Leadership is about people knowledge and understanding, and understanding is
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