Happy New Year! I know many of us are ready for a new year and a new beginning. It’s another chance to make positive changes in your life, but what resolution or goal will actually bring you the most powerful result? If you are a planner like me, you might enjoy thinking through what area […]
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I just finished watching Shawn Achor, author of “The Happiness Advantage” share some of his research with Google employees. (See: Shawn Achor on Happiness as a Competitive Advantage) He explains that we have a flawed model about happiness and success. Most of us follow the formula that if we work harder, we will be more
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Last week I talked about how to choose New Year’s resolutions that will make you happy. Of course, making resolutions is just the first part – the part that is usually more difficult is actually keeping them. The best way I have found to keep my resolutions is by making them into habits. Many of
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Last week, we talked about Stephen Covey’s secret to avoiding adversarial relationships and practicing effective interpersonal leadership: The habit to “Think Win/Win.” See: The 4th Habit of Highly Effective People: Think Win/Win (Part I) We discussed the first foundational piece that needs to be in place in order to be able to truly think win/win,
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How much interpersonal conflict have you witnessed or been part of over the last week? How about over the last month? Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way we could interact with everyone in ways where we seek to benefit everyone and cooperate naturally? Disagreements and conflicts can occur anywhere – in companies,
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When I started my first job, I was handed a copy of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and informed that everyone in the office was encouraged to practice the principles in this bestselling book by Stephen Covey. I am now rereading and working through the book with a group of friends and
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So you’ve made your resolutions for the New Year (and if you haven’t, check out: How to Make New Year’s Resolutions That Make You Happy), now how do you keep them? The best way I’ve found to keep my resolutions is to create new habits that support my intentions. 2 years ago, my intention was
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Looking at the beautiful blue sky today on my morning walk made me incredibly happy. I felt like things were just perfect in this moment. Wouldn’t it be great if we could bottle up these types of happy moments in our life and carry them with us through the day? Maybe we can – with
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Happy New Year! For many of us, this is the time we reflect on the past year and make resolutions for the coming one. Do you already have your list of resolutions for 2013? Or maybe you have some ideas, but are not sure where to start? At the beginning of last year, I recommended
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