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Don’t Let Self-Awareness Become Self-Doubt

It’s important to have a healthy awareness of your own limitations. But what should you do when your self-awareness starts […]
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Yes, There Is Such A Thing As Toxic Positivity

We’ve talked a lot about having a positive mindset. There is such a thing as being too positive. In fact […]
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Acknowledge Those Who Helped You

In an episode of “Mad Men” Bert Cooper tells Don Draper that “Sacajawea carried a baby on her back all the way to the Pacific Ocean. And […]
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What Do Your Potential Customers Believe?

You know your business. You know your products, your services, their features and benefits. You know that people will benefit […]
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Don’t Let A Setback Drag You Down

Everyone experiences setbacks — the customer you didn’t land, the client meeting that didn’t go well. Because of our natural […]
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Stop Thinking Work And Life Are Two Different Things

For years people have talked about work-life balance. Books have been written, speeches made, presentations given about how to balance work and life. Of course none of them work and people keep looking for ways to balance the two. The reason that metho…

Don’t Cross The Line Between Confident And Arrogant

Businesspeople need to be confident. They need to project that they know what they are talking about and can provide you with what you need better than anyone else. There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance. That line can be the difference …

What Impossible Thing Will You Do?

On Saturday, May 30th SpaceX and NASA launched astronauts to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral. It was the first time in almost a decade that a manned launch took place on American soil and the first time a commercially owned rocket l…

Strategies to Use When You’re Feeling Anxious

It’s normal to experience occasional anxiety — for example, when we’re faced with a high-stakes meeting, a stressed-out boss, or a conflict with a colleague. Feeling anxious can make you more vigilant, engaged, and productive, but it can also exacerbat…

Don’t Brush Off Positive Feedback — Study It

Most of us remember critical feedback. Criticism is jarring and threatening, so it tends to stick in our brains. Most of us dismiss positive feedback, sometimes people think of it as people being nice and sometimes people assume that it’s sarcasm…