Self-Development

We get what we tolerate.  Isn’t that a scary thought? There are people in our lives who will test us to see how much we will do for them, how much complaining we will listen to, or disrespectful [...]

Always be writing your resume.  Not that you will necessarily need it to sell yourself to the next employer, but because it’s the best way to direct your actions toward accomplishments that [...]

I learned two things this week. The first was that doing anything new stimulates endorphins for the brain. The second was if I don’t stimulate my brain, I’m going to diminish my ability to [...]

Every stage of life has a pacifier in it.  Something we nurse, or hold on to for comfort. At its best this calms our nerves and eases our mind. At its worse it keeps us stuck in a stage of life [...]

The words “I disagree with you,” are a great way to pick a fight. It’s basically a statement that voids the other person’s opinion and can leave the receiver feeling a little defensive– if [...]

You know what they say about a point-of-view. Everybody has one. It’s easy to blurt out a fleeting thought, or a not-so-fleeting bias with little consideration for how it might land on our [...]

Dictonary.com sends me a word each day. Today’s word was unputdownable. Really, I thought, that’s actually a word?  The definition explained that a person could say that a book was [...]

Resentment is a feeling that builds when we are doing something we really don’t want to do– even if we agree to do it. It’s one of those tricky, volcanic emotions that starts [...]

A very competent client once told me how she falls apart when dealing with upper management. She suddenly blurts out the wrong words, fails to make a cohesive point, and leaves in what she feels [...]

One of my most popular posts this year was about women helping women in the workplace. Even though I still hear women telling me that our sisters don’t help us move ahead in our careers, I [...]