Bolster Your Self-Confidence with Self-Assessment
To bolster your confidence at this moment, do some honest self-attitude assessment of where you are now. In other words, appreciate your current status. Think about what you’re especially good at now and what you have going on for yourself. Everybody has a lot more than they think about on a regular basis. What’s painfully [...]
Learn MorePut a Sharp Point on Your Written Communications
It’s not unusual to get 20 or 200 emails a day. I know someone who gets 2000! If you look at the ones you’ve received (and include snail-mail letters too), you will see that the majority start with “I.”
You typically see, “I’ve attached . . . I [...]
Surviving (Inevitable) Rejection
Rejection is inevitable in life, especially if you’re making an effort and putting yourself out there. Here are some thoughts I use to make it less painful when I get it.
First, try not to expect to get it before you actually do. Most of the negative situations you worry about will never happen. [...]
Rules are not different for men or women - unless you let them be.
Rules are not different for men or women - unless you let them be.
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In 1985 I was a speaker at the Young President’s Organization leadership conference in Mexico City. The organizer became my event mentor.
Afterwards I learned from him that my audience rating ranked higher then the male speakers. Heartened, I discussed [...]
Put Your Life Story On Paper (Regardless Of Your Age) For Your Career Development And As A Gift To Your Family
Write your autobiography – today. Don’t put it off. Write from day one and bring it up to the present. Every six months or so take a couple of hours and update it.
Why put your history on paper? It’s your story so it’s a good story worth recording. You’re as important [...]
With the global economy sagging, your company tightening its belt, your stock worth dwindling, and your children thinking you don’t understand what they are going through, there is a lot of duress and stress in life.
When I asked a mentor, who is experiencing all of the above, how he was doing, [...]