The Mistake 90% Make When Networking
You just attended a great event, met a dozen new people, collected a handful of business cards and are heading out the door feeling satisfied about another great networking opportunity. …
Why You’re Not Getting What you REALLY Want
“We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal.” (Robert Brault) Day in and day out, people talk about what they …
Why Rejection Can Be a Good Sign
One of the key messages from last week’s blog was: if you are pleasing everyone, you are captivating NO ONE. Attempting to be accepted by the masses causes us to …
Be yourself and captivate others
I once read that the most prevalent anxiety disorder in the modern world is the quest to be normal. As a Psychologist, I have yet to find a satisfactory definition …
Make everything a little better
What if there was something that was simple and accessible that could make everything in your life a little better? Would you do it? What if this something could lower …
Comparing
One of the easiest ways to become miserable is by comparing ourselves to others. The simple fact is that no matter what skill or trait we are assessing in ourselves, …
Get a mental buzz
Naturally, that is. Research indicates that the average person feels down about 4 days each month. If you have an unusual amount of change going on in your life, aren’t …
Two questions that can change your life
Spring has officially arrived (on the calendar at least) and Daylight Savings Time means more hours of sunshine in the evenings. For me, this inspires “Spring Cleaning” mode, a time …
What others think
We are human. We breathe. We think. We judge. From the kind of coffee we enjoy to the people we like to spend time with, we have our preferences. Judgment …
Start before you’re ready
Upon initial review, this advice seems counterintuitive to what we have been taught all of our lives. Growing up, we learn that “practice makes perfect.” The Boy Scout’s core motto …