Challenge: I’m a new manager leading a team of sales professionals. One of my associates is very negative and does minimal work. While he meets quota, he could do so much more and his negativity impacts the other members of our team. He’s been with our company for a number of years and it seems [...]
Only three, you ask? Well, I could make up more if you like but, really, it’s very simple. We just tend to make life hard for ourselves.
Limiting beliefs are out-dated and hurtful habits of thought that are often unknown to you. The impact of them, however, causes your discomfort and discontent. Because they are self-imposed, [...]
How will you be happy with more?
This anonymous quote reflects the natural laws of the universe: the Law of Attraction and the Law of Creation. You cannot be happy with more *unless and until* you can enjoy what you already have.
Steve is very successful by any standard. He loves his work, although he doesn’t [...]
A staff member doesn’t handle a problem with a customer well, and you, as the manager, are upset. You think to yourself, “Why on earth would he do such a thing? Doesn’t he know better? He should know that’s not how to deal with a customer!”
Your young child is playing upstairs. You decide to go [...]
Sounds like a trick question. Of course it is better to end a bad relationship and be on your own or leave a job where you are being mistreated and undervalued for something better.
And yet, haven’t you ever stayed entirely too long in a bad situation – a job or relationship – hoping the situation [...]
Where are you trying to prove yourself?
How much time and energy are you spending trying to see your own personal value through the eyes and acknowledgements of others?
In your struggle to find your personal value, do you ever get it? Do you ever get the approval you seek?
And when you do, how does it feel? [...]
Do you interrupt?
Do you formulate a reply while the person is still speaking?
Do you finish the person’s sentence for them?
Are you busy doing something else while someone is speaking to you?
Are you fully present or are you thinking about what’s for lunch or the tasks on your to-do list?
Are you focused on having an answer [...]
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