Awareness

7 Questions to Ask Yourself To Find Out If You Are Being Truly Authentic in Your Life

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A couple of months ago, Wharton school professor Adam Grant wrote a piece in the NY Times titled “Unless you’re Oprah ‘Be Yourself’ is Terrible Advice.” He explained that when he was preparing for his first TED Talk, the advice he seemed to get from everyone was “be yourself.” However, he argued that nobody actually […]

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Everybody Believes They Are The Good Guy

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In the wake of the terrible news of the Orlando shootings, numerous posts are being shared on social media. Many beautifully remember and respectfully mourn the victims. Some focus on the shooter and his background. But few reveal a much larger issue. You may have seen this video by former CIA undercover officer Amaryllis Fox.

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Why We Think We See Ourselves Clearly (And Why We Are Wrong)

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This week, I participated in the Women in Technology (WITI) Summit  in San Jose. And just like last year, it was energizing and inspiring to see so many women come together to learn and make new connections. One of the Coaching Circles I led at the conference was “How to Find Your Ideal Career”, where I

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Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again.

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“Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful, it’s ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That’s just living heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it’s breathtakingly beautiful.”

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How to Raise Your Emotional Intelligence for More Happiness and Success

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With so much focus on intellectual ability (IQ) in our society, emotional intelligence (EQ) had been neglected until recently. Yet studies have found that emotional intelligence is linked to personal achievement, happiness and professional success, even more so than IQ. And, unlike IQ, it is a flexible skill, which means that no matter what our

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Clear Your Clutter and Your Mind

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Have you ever felt stuck on a project and decided to clean up your desk instead? Did you feel some temporary relief once you did?  I have long been wondering about the apparent connection between clearing your surroundings and clearing your mind. So I was eager to start reading and working through Marie Kondo’s book

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Why We Don’t Act Rationally

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With lots of discussions going on right now about domestic violence due to the Ray Rice video being released, many people are asking incredulously why his then-fiancée stayed in the relationship. “Why I stayed” tweets and posts are becoming increasingly popular, feeding our desire to understand. Rationally speaking, why would someone who is being abused

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