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Putting Up a Good Front Isn’t So Good After All
When I was in the corporate world, putting up a good front was seen as a necessary part of the job.
Putting on your suit and your panty hose felt like putting on armor. I remember a colleague actually describing it in those terms so it’s not just poetic license.
Both men and women felt they had [...]
Expect that it should be easy, and it’s likely to be
The other day, I had one of those great days where things that I have been fretting over, just got magically solved.
I wasn’t particularly masterful in my actions, but I was in a masterful mood: grateful, aware of the beauty in my environment, and not worried about small things.
Since it’s such a great mindset, it [...]
It’s harder to be still than it used to be
A friend of mine recently went on a silent retreat, and I thought it was great that she is willing to devote concentrated, uninterrupted time tending to her spiritual life.
As spiritually-oriented as I am, there was part of me that thought: “I’d rather go to a workshop where I can listen and interact with people, [...]
Do you remember what makes life worth living?
Now, ask this question to a group of people and you’ll get tons of acceptable, predictable answers.
Yet when I’ve observed people’s lives (my own included of course), I see that they often contradict in action what they stated in words.
The typical example is someone who says that he (or she) lives for his family yet [...]
How to keep fear at bay; lesson learned today in the locker room
This morning, I was reminded of how contagious fear is.
I was at the gym and a few of us were in the locker room getting ready to leave after our aerobics class. One woman was saying how they normally travel to Europe every year but won’t go this year because she didn’t think it was [...]
Respect; the universal motivator
I was co-presenter at a workshop on how to prevent conflict in the workplace, and part of the material was talking about how people have 4 basic motivators; they want:
Their authority respected
To be recognized for work well-done
To feel a sense of belonging
Clarity about what’s expected of them
We want all of these, but one will usually [...]
7 Reasons why you might be more successful as an entrepreneur than in your previous jobs
I used to think that people were either entrepreneurs or “career” types. Somehow, people knew early on whether they wanted to be their own bosses; it was a choice driven by personality characteristics.
But lately, the lines have blurred, maybe because the world is changing. So I thought I’d compile a list of reasons why you [...]
What leads to clutter?
In a previous post on Dec 12th, I talked about the cost of a messy desk, and how clutter was an energy drain. At the time, I had cleaned up my desk and was feeling rather good about it.
Three weeks later, I want to contemplate on why keeping our space de-cluttered is such a [...]
The time war
Do you know anyone who doesn’t feel like time is shorter than ever? Even those of us who escaped the rat race are juggling priorities.
A whole industry’s been built around time management, and even though it gives quite valid advice, it never really seems to help. We delegate, prioritize, eliminate…and before you know it, we’re [...]