Posts Tagged ‘Self-Improvement’
How to be a better leader
November 3rd, 2009
For me, working in corporate communications was a little like being the only sober person at a wild party. You learn a lot about what’s really going on behind people’s carefully scripted public personas when you sit on the sidelines watching them get falling-down drunk. And since I had no desire to climb the corporate ladder, my experience in Big Business was equally eye-opening. My long-term ambition was always to become a freelance writer
TAGS: generosity, kindness, leadership, motivation, respect, Self-Improvement, trust, truth | 
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Are you the enemy?
November 2nd, 2009
British agent James Bond
Every James Bond fan knows the classic scene from 1964’s Goldfinger, the film named for one of 007’s most memorable nemeses. But though the rest of us aren’t secret agents caught up in international intrigue, we still have to contend with an enemy who is just as ruthless as Bond’s gold-obsessed adversary. And unfortunately, our enemy can’t be dispatched in the time it takes to play out a movie script.
That’s because the enemy is us.
How a disaster inspired a legend
October 31st, 2009
Can an eye exam save your job?
October 30th, 2009
Look around. Can you see clearly now? If not, can you pop on a pair of eyeglasses
The Bulletin of the World Health Organization
TAGS: eye, eye doctor, eyeglasses, information, motivation, Productivity, research, Self-Improvement, vision |
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7 nutrients to improve your health
October 29th, 2009
What do you have in common with a puppy who’s being housebroken
No! processed white-flour and white-sugar products!
Don’t! drink sugary sodas or eat too much red meat!
Transfats are Bad!
If you read every diet book on the market, you’d probably conclude that, like a teething puppy, you’d be happiest—and maybe healthiest—if you just chewed on your slippers
Song lyrics to pick you up
October 28th, 2009
During a recent visit to my brother’s, my now eight-year-old nephew and I managed to drive him a little nuts.
“Gotta get-get,” my nephew would chime as we all played the card game Uno
We’d be quiet for a while before one of us would start again with “Gotta get-get.” Finally, my brother grumbled, “I’d be happy if I never heard that song again.”
TAGS: beatles, lyrics, michael jackson, motivation, Quotations, quotes, Self-Improvement, songs |
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Find your passion after a layoff
October 27th, 2009
If employers said what they really think, a few would admit they see some upside to the economic downturn. Bad times give companies an opportunity to clean house, to lay off—no questions asked—not only workers who aren’t pulling their weight, but also those who have seniority or fall into protected classes. “I understand you’re nearing retirement and about to start drawing your pension, but—so sorry—we’ve eliminated your position. Recession, you know. Ta-ta!”
But whether you’re a random victim of a declining economy or the target of diabolical executives, all you can do is wave good-bye as security escorts you to the door … then try to figure out how to make the best of your sudden unemployment. Fortunately, one good thing may come from losing your job: Now you have the chance to rethink what you want to do with the rest of your life.
Roll with the punches like Ali
October 26th, 2009
They were right, of course. But when you take a hit like that, somewhere in the back of your brain, you can’t help thinking, “Yeah? How ’bout I whack you over the head and see how you roll with it?”
Don’t speak
October 24th, 2009
My mom has always warned me that once you’ve put your foot in your mouth, no good can come from going back later and trying to explain what you really meant to say. After ignoring her advice a few too many times–and winding up with two feet in my mouth–I’ve decided she’s right.
You know how it is. Some friend or coworker asks what you think about so-and-so’s job performance or what you’ve heard about such-and-such’s marital troubles. You make some offhand comment that was better left unsaid. And the next thing you know, your comment has spread like wildfire and you’re feeling the heat. So you go back and try to make amends, only to wish you’d left it alone.
Live long with purpose
October 23rd, 2009
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Bryant died of a heart attack 28 days later, just one day after passing a routine checkup.