'Intuition is vital to the empowered employee,' says Garrett Boone, CEO of the Container Store, in 'Fast Company,' but intuition certainly doesn't come to the unprepared mind. The more knowledgeable you are, the better informed you are, the better prepared you are to use your intuition.' So now, you may be thinking, I'm going to have learn to be an intuitive, empowered employee. It's hard to keep up with the buzz, the fad du jour. However, intuition is no fad. It's an EQ competency, and ...
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DEFINITIONS Perseverance - To go on resolutely in spite of opposition, importunity, or obstacles; to remain unchanged or fixed in a specified character, condition, or position; to stick with something, especially something difficult or challenging Being stubborn - Bring unreasonably or perversely unyielding; mulish; unyielding and unopen to reason; performed or carried on in an obstinate or rigid manner; difficult to handle, manage or treat COMPARISONS Going forward vs. Stonewalling Working ...
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DEFINITIONS Managing Your Emotions - Being aware of your emotions and letting them happen. Understanding where they come from and what they mean. "Getting" the message they are sending. Knowing that you have a choice in how you respond to them. Controlling Your Emotions - Shutting down when you're feeling an emotion. Not letting it surface. Stuffing it down. Not getting the message it's trying to give you. Faking it. Forcing yourself not to feel what you're feeling. Denying what you're ...
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Find The Courage To Know The Truth Helaine Iris © 2004 'Making the decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.' Elizabeth Stone My daughter amazes me. She's just been through a roller coaster growth cycle. I'm going to share this vulnerable, recent event from her life that has beautifully illustrates a powerful life lesson. I have her permission to share this story with you. It all started about six months ago when ...
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It's Not About Bananas ©2002 Helaine Iris I can't believe I'm telling you this. The other day, my husband came through the door with a bag of groceries. Bananas in particular. " Honey," I asked, "why didn't you ask ME if we needed anything?" I was secretly annoyed because I'd been planning a trip to the grocery store myself. He responded by telling me we were nearly out of bananas, which are an important part of his daily health drink. With my increasingly busy schedule, he decided to take ...
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This article is about involvement and commitment, two of the things we need to be successful. This applies to our jobs or businesses, relationships, and even our recreational pursuits. Any type of success, whether it is personal, professional, academic, or athletic, will usually require a combination of involvement and commitment. I hope the headline stirred your interest. Here is how chickens, pigs, and even cows, can help define involvement and commitment. Think about a meal consisting of ...
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Successful feedback is usually associated with improving employee productivity, but feedback is not just for supervisor-employee relationships. Being able to deliver honest, constructive feedback is also vital to healthy relationships at home. You give feedback to your children, spouse, friends, doctor, and even your hair stylist. If you run a home based business, you also need to be able to give effective messages to suppliers, customers, marketers, and web-site designers, just to name a ...
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Communication is a key component to maintaining a healthy and nurturing relationship. One of the most common and damaging relationship pitfalls is the unheard problem that erodes a relationship over time. Unfortunately, we are not taught how to get our feelings heard and our needs met without fighting with our partner. When you are spitting mad, taking the time to actually sit down and think about what is going on with you is easier said than done. Here are five STEPS that will help you get ...
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  If you can find one of those Christian rehab centers in your local area that provides help spiritually for addicts, then you should consider taking your loved one there. You can do your search on the Internet or you can ask your physician for a referral. Whichever method that you use to find a faith based treatment facility for loved one; it does not matter, as long as you get them in soon before they overdose on drugs or alcohol. Sherry's parents did their search on the Internet. They ...
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A colleague of mine recently shared that she enjoys procrastination so much that she has decided to give herself permission to do it daily. So, once a day she sits down and plans, schemes, and lists anything that comes to mind -- particularly things she knows she "should" do. She said that "it feels delicious constructing those plans with full awareness that I'll probably not carry them out! Who cares? The fun is in the planning!" She reported that since she started allowing this frivolity, she ...
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