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You Can Be Assertive Without Being Aggressive Having the ability and confidence to speak up at work is critical for several reasons. It’s important on a personal level because it can directly impact your career in either a positive or a negative way. Done correctly it can have a very uplifting effect on your career…
Interpersonal conflicts happen in all areas of our lives and work is no different. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to have conflict. As a matter of fact most people with expertise in communication between humans will tell you conflict can be a good thing. The key is to being able to deal with it…
You know people who seem to be constantly complaining about everything? A Debbie Downer or Donnie Downer type of person. I’ve known a few people like that over the course of my life. People who always see the bad in every situation. Then if you point out something good about a situation they come up…
How does volunteering benefit you? That seems like kind of a selfish thing to ask about in regards to volunteering don’t you think? Well, maybe. Let me explain my train of thinking here. I go through phases where I don’t volunteer for long periods, say a year or so. Then I will get involved with…
Mother’s Day happened recently. A bit different than the usual Mother’s Day with the country still trying to figure out what to do in the midst of this COVID-19 crisis. The good news is things seem to be opening up little by little. Even though Mother’s Day felt a little different we still do close…
Communication in the workplace is critical to success. Success for you as an individual and success for the company. Teams work so much better with clear, consistent communication. Your ability to communicate well directly impacts your success, your teams success, and therefore the companies success. There are really 7 most important communication techniques to masterin…
One of the biggest keys to happiness is having strong interpersonal relationships. It’s easy to get caught up in this goal oriented world of ours. I should know, I am most certainly goal oriented. I just wrote an article on being a type A personality and so much of that revolves around being goal oriented…
We all lose our temper from time to time. It’s a natural part of our emotions. And expressing anger is actually a healthy thing to do in our relationships with others. Expressing our differences in opinion allows us to have healthy conflict and many times come to an agreement or understanding that works for everyone. It…
How to get your body ready for summer? Really? Are you kidding me? We’ve been in lockdown for the past month and it’s going to continue for another month. If we are lucky. And you are talking to me about how to get your body ready for summer? I have been eating chips for breakfast…
I am sure a big part of this is the becoming a grumpy old man. At least according to my wife. And I know there’s something to it that as we get older we tend to be more comfortable in our own skins. That we know how we like things and many of us operate…