One of the most exquisite of pleasures, and one that’s too often overlooked, is the joy of giving well-deserved praise. I’m a gold-star junkie myself, and maybe that’s why I love the opportunity to give good praise. Yesterday, I was able to do this. In the New York Times Book Review, I wrote about Kristin Cashore’s new book, Bitterblue. As I’ve often noted, I love children’s literature and young-adult literature, and Cashore is one of the best YA novelists writing today. I’ve been a raving fan since I read the first two books in this trilogy, …
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An Overlooked, Exquisite Source of Hapiness? Giving Deserved Praise.
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A “So What” of Humility
The Good Life1 Apr 2012 | 9:36 am"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less." - Rick Warren My colleagues and I have studied strengths of character for more than a decade (Park & Peterson, 2010; Peterson and Seligman, 2004). The most important conclusion from our work is that character is plural.read more -
The Family Meal
The Good Life20 Mar 2012 | 8:26 pmI recently prepared a lecture on parenting from a positive psychology perspective. Although psychologists have had much to say about parenting, often the focus has been on eliminating undesirable actions on the part of kids, like talking back, tantrums, and tattling. These behaviors are of course annoying, but what about encouraging desirable actions? read more -
Positive Psychology in Education
Positive Psychology At Work10 May 2012 | 6:33 amWhat happens when positive psychology principles are truly applied in an educational setting? Answering this question invites at least two tactics: 1st, identifying which principles are in question; and 2nd, considering schools which may not identify with the label “positive psychology”. Let’s consider that the underlying principle of positive psychology as applied to education is [...] -
Yes, the Climate is Changing
Happiness and Good Life articles from YES! magazine11 May 2012 | 1:09 pmVideo: People around the world show how climate change is already affecting their lives.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/m16kgcbcvYo" height="1" width="1"/>
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Positive Psychology News Daily
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Shame Resilience Theory
16 May 2012 | 9:43 amMay 16, 2012By Steve Safigan - Shame resilience theory (SRT) was developed by researcher and author Brené Brown in 2006. She popularized her theory with her book, I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t) and broadened her research beyond shame to what she calls, “WholeHearted living” in a second book, The Gifts of Imperfection in 2010. Brené Brown Brown also developed a psychoeducational shame resilience curriculum and certification program for helping professionals called Connections. But it was her TED talk on vulnerability in Houston in December 2010 that vaulted Brown into… -
A Watchful Eye on Cinema
14 May 2012 | 9:45 amMay 14, 2012By Jeremy Clyman - “It’s the movies that have really been running things in American ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and how to feel about it.” – Andy Warhol At the movies Even if this fairly dramatic Warhol quote were an overstatement, it still raises the question: To what extent does our understanding of the world and of ourselves stem from what we observe in the movie theaters? Even though research has yet to offer a definitive answer to this question, it is clear that we live in a… -
Boost Success and Passion: Tell a Better Story
11 May 2012 | 10:39 amMay 11, 2012By Christine Duvivier - Did you know that you are a storyteller? Or that you are just one story away from what you really want? Most of us don’t realize that we have a few central narratives running through our lives because the stories we tell ourselves are so familiar that we don’t even realize they are stories. The easiest way to see this is to notice other people’s stories. It’s ironic that even when you can’t see your own story clearly, you can easily see the story a friend, employee, or student is telling herself. While the story details… -
International Symposia for Contemplative Studies
7 May 2012 | 8:27 amMay 7, 2012By Kasley Killam - Hyatt Regency in Denver From April 26th to the 29th, the Mind and Life Institute hosted the International Symposia for Contemplative Studies. The conference attracted 700 people from many countries to the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colorado. Attendees included researchers, psychiatrists, Buddhist monks and nuns, and students. With hundreds more on a waiting list, the magnitude of the event demonstrated the fervor emerging in the scientific community around contemplative practices. A “Confluence of Epistemologies” The first keynote speaker was Jon Kabat-Zinn. -
Positive Education: A View from Singapore
3 May 2012 | 11:09 amMay 3, 2012By Amanda Horne - Singapore One of the most enjoyable things about attending conferences is the people we meet. At the recent Australian Positive Psychology and Wellbeing Conference (see my earlier report), I was delighted to meet Sha-en Yeo, a 2011 MAPP graduate who lives in Singapore. A former educator and guidance officer who is now an educational consultant, Sha-en’s message is that a strengths-based foundation is crucial for the well-being not only of children, but also of parents and teachers. In the interest of bringing you, our readers, a perspective from another part of…
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Big Goals Matter
2 May 2012 | 8:18 pmSuccess in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character. — Arnold Palmerread more -
Social Class and Unethical Behavior
18 Apr 2012 | 10:33 am“Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior.” This is the title of a research report by Paul Piff and colleagues (2012) published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. My attention was piqued.read more -
A “So What” of Humility
1 Apr 2012 | 9:36 am"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less." - Rick Warren My colleagues and I have studied strengths of character for more than a decade (Park & Peterson, 2010; Peterson and Seligman, 2004). The most important conclusion from our work is that character is plural.read more -
The Family Meal
20 Mar 2012 | 8:26 pmI recently prepared a lecture on parenting from a positive psychology perspective. Although psychologists have had much to say about parenting, often the focus has been on eliminating undesirable actions on the part of kids, like talking back, tantrums, and tattling. These behaviors are of course annoying, but what about encouraging desirable actions? read more -
US Cities: Sinful and Saintly
12 Mar 2012 | 10:07 pm"What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness." - Joseph Brodsky. A recent Internet article by Jordan Rane (2012) caught my eye because it resonated with my interest in psychological variations across United States (US) cities. read more
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7 Tips for Good Behavior–from the 16th Century.
16 May 2012 | 9:50 amEvery Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: 8 tips for how to behave yourself, from sixteenth-century scholar Erasmus. One thing is true about happiness: there are very few new truths out there. The greatest minds in history have turned their attention to the subject, so while it’s often challenging to put that wisdom into actual practice, it’s pretty clear what kinds of actions are likely to yield a happier life. Likewise, “tips lists” have been around for a long time. I get a big kick out of uncovering tips lists from the past: Sydney Smith’s tips for cheering… -
An Overlooked, Exquisite Source of Hapiness? Giving Deserved Praise.
14 May 2012 | 6:33 amOne of the most exquisite of pleasures, and one that’s too often overlooked, is the joy of giving well-deserved praise. I’m a gold-star junkie myself, and maybe that’s why I love the opportunity to give good praise. Yesterday, I was able to do this. In the New York Times Book Review, I wrote about Kristin Cashore’s new book, Bitterblue. As I’ve often noted, I love children’s literature and young-adult literature, and Cashore is one of the best YA novelists writing today. I’ve been a raving fan since I read the first two books in this trilogy, … -
Trying To Be More Virtuous Can Undermine Your Sense of Virtue.
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Do You Make Time to “Treat” Yourself? You Should.
11 May 2012 | 2:46 pmLast week, I posted a question: What are the small treats you give yourself? I was very interested to see the range of “treats” people identified in the comments, and I got some good ideas for myself. I do think it’s important to take time for treats, because treats help us to feel energized, restored, and light-hearted. Without them, we can start to feel resentful, depleted, and irritable. My younger daughter has “Choice Time” every day in first grade, and I think we adults need some “Choice Time” ourselves, at least occasionally. However, in… -
“Happiness Without a Good Work Ethic Is Pretty Impossible.”
10 May 2012 | 8:29 amHappiness interview: Hugh MacLeod. Hugh is a cartoonist with a wildly popular blog, gapingvoid. He is the master of capturing a large idea in a single drawing, and a great deal of his work focuses on happiness: how to find happiness in work; how to have the courage to be yourself, do what you love, and take risks; how to build a life around your own values, interests, and temperament. He has a new book, Freedom Is Blogging in Your Underwear, where he explores how blogging, and the intellectual and creative freedom it gives him, changed his life. Having a blog isn’t the right route to…
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The Psychology of Wellbeing
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Stop Trying to Motivate your Employees! (Self-Determination Theory at Work)
15 May 2012 | 6:47 amStop Trying to Motivate your Employees! (Self-Determination Theory at Work), from The Psychology of WellbeingMost managers think that motivating employees is the #1 part of their job. Or they make the distinction between managers, who attempt to get things done by delegating and motivating employees through incentives and discipline, and leaders, who create a compelling vision and motivate employees through empowerment and inspiration. But everyone seems to feel that motivating employees is the critical aspect of any supervisory position.If I think about my own work/career history,… -
On Love and Breakdancing
11 May 2012 | 6:44 amOn Love and Breakdancing, from The Psychology of WellbeingAlden Tan is a young rockstar blogger (26 years old) who reached out to me interested to share his thoughts on The Psychology of Wellbeing. After getting to know him a bit, I found his passion for life infectious and was inspired by his commitment to chase his dreams. If you like what he shares below, then check out the raw, unedited version of Alden on his blog or sign up for his free email course on how to stop caring about what others think!Being a Bboy is awesome.I mean, everybody thinks we are cool. We are spinning on our… -
Dear Mom, You Were Right, I Was Wrong
8 May 2012 | 6:51 amDear Mom, You Were Right, I Was Wrong, from The Psychology of WellbeingDear Mom,It is hard to fully appreciate your parents until you become one yourself. Although I consider myself to be a relatively mature, well-adjusted and even wise adult in my 40s, I did not fully understand nor appreciate your contribution to my life until having my own children in the past two years.Having a child is life-changing—certainly one of the most impactful things to have ever happened to me—and it has transformed me in innumerable ways. One way is by the revelation (and I really found it a revelation)… -
A Balanced Approach to Positive Leadership
1 May 2012 | 6:45 amA Balanced Approach to Positive Leadership, from The Psychology of WellbeingDuality + Balance by H.KoppdelaneyEarlier this year, I taught my first semester of a new online course on Positive Leadership in Spas and Hospitality for the UC Irvine Extension certification program in Spa and Hospitality Management. Because it was an online course, it attracted an incredible diversity of students from all over the world. There was a good mix of students from Asia, Europe and North America. And the experience of the students varied greatly from massage therapists and estheticians who were… -
You Too Can Become a Musician: The Psychology of Talent
24 Apr 2012 | 6:28 amYou Too Can Become a Musician: The Psychology of Talent, from The Psychology of WellbeingSteve II by Nick BedfordDo you have musical talent? Do you wish you did? A small percentage of us seem to have the gift of music but most (if not all) of us wish we had it. Whatever our favorite musical genre is, there is a natural tendency to admire our favorite musicians, listen raptly to the incredible sounds they are able to produce with their voice or their instrument, and to wish or imagine, if only for a moment, that maybe someday we too could produce such melodies.But to the non-musically…
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Positive Psychology At Work
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Book Discussion – Positive Psychology Coaching
10 May 2012 | 6:35 amPositive Psychology Coaching – Putting the Science of Happiness to Work for Your Clients by Robert Biswas-Diener & Ben Dean A Review in Progress by Linda Lawless LMHC LMFT www.ProfessionalPracticeInstitute.com Many of us have already been using Positive Psychology in our therapy and coaching work. I believe this new book will help you put things [...] -
Positive Psychology And Weight Loss Coaching
10 May 2012 | 6:33 amWeight loss coaching is usually a combination of coaching, consulting and counseling. I’m a big believer in blending our expertise with our coaching skills. In this way, every coach is a weight loss coach — this issue is going to be raised by many coaching clients, because people are often successful in every area of [...] -
Positive Psychology in Education
10 May 2012 | 6:33 amWhat happens when positive psychology principles are truly applied in an educational setting? Answering this question invites at least two tactics: 1st, identifying which principles are in question; and 2nd, considering schools which may not identify with the label “positive psychology”. Let’s consider that the underlying principle of positive psychology as applied to education is [...] -
Positive psychology and managing serious diseases
10 May 2012 | 6:31 amAs you may know I am struggling through a difficult period with an autoimmune illness, Wegener’s disease. I dislike being a “patient” in every sense of the word but I have had to learn new adaptive skills to weather the storm. Managing this illness has been life changing to say the least, and my training [...] -
Book review: a mind of its own
10 May 2012 | 6:31 ama mind of its own: How Your Brain Distorts And Deceives Author: Cordeia Fine Highly recommended by reviewer: Carole Rein Well-researched, this book presents information supported by hundreds of studies by hundreds of researchers including Dan Wegner, Roy Baumeister, and Antonio Damasio. What sets this book apart from others is its lightheartedness in listing serious [...]
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Motivational Memo Blog
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54 More Magnificent Motivational Quotes
16 May 2012 | 11:29 amPost written by Peter G. James Sinclair and his LinkedIn Friends. Well more than 1,000 people have contributed to my request for a motivational quote that has changed their life on LinkedIn. I never get tired of reading these – and to also watch as the contributors respond to each other. It’s awe-inspiring stuff. I trust you enjoy it as much as I do. This has now been going on for over a year – and who knows how much longer it will continue? Sarah Lee • When you are on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect! Jerry Fletcher • “What you know is important,… -
How To Live In The Land Called Love
13 May 2012 | 11:20 amPost written by Peter G. James Sinclair. No greater love has a man than that he should lay down his life for another. This love then that we speak of is not the love depicted so often in the movies where all roads lead to the bedroom. It is a far deeper love that culminates in the sacrificial giving of oneself for another. It is the love of the giver rather than always being the receiver. It is the love of the thinker whose thoughts are not turned inward but rather outward. It is the love of the outstretched hand and exhorter. It is the lift up that is delivered and it is the feet that walk… -
Rebuild Yourself By Doing What Everybody Else Does
10 May 2012 | 11:32 amPost written by Krisca Te. Setbacks? We all have them; a painful divorce, getting laid off work or being forced to declare bankruptcy. Life is full of these seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and whenever we’re faced with one, it is a struggle to pick ourselves up off the ground and start the difficult task of rebuilding ourselves. When you’re faced with a difficult situation, the best way to get through the dark tunnel and find yourself out in the sunshine once again, is just to do what everybody else does – keep moving. This may sound simplistic, and you’re probably shaking your… -
I Challenge You
7 May 2012 | 5:54 pmPost written by Peter G. James Sinclair. It is so easy to allow our lives to be pushed around by circumstances, to be carried along by the rushing river of each day, or to be tossed around by the crashing waves of life, as it happens, like a piece of driftwood. But there is another way. This is where we must stand back from our life for a moment, to face ourselves squarely in the mirror, and challenge ourselves. Fear must retreat. The best method I have ever administered, whenever I have faced fear, has always been through the application of action. It may be as simple as making a list. Or it… -
How To Embrace Failure & Make Your Dreams Come True
3 May 2012 | 9:36 pmPost written by Cynthia Kocialski. There is the famous quote, “What would you do if you could not fail?” We’ve heard the question so often that we never answer it. So, how would you answer it? According to the dictionary, failure means “not achieving the desired end”. Bucket lists are popular these days. It’s the list of things people want to do before they die. The most popular items are to travel and learn a new hobby, followed by learn a new language, write a book, start a business, become a parent, live to work, and go back to school. Interesting enough, not many of the…
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North Carolina's Fight for Marriage Equality Continues
15 May 2012 | 3:04 pmIn the wake of North Carolina's new amendment banning same-sex marriage, couples across the state are protesting by requesting marriage licenses.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/MZrkSxsbTfI" height="1" width="1"/> -
Ilana "Invincible" Weaver: Hip-Hop Activist
14 May 2012 | 5:41 pmPowerful, passionate, and politically charged rhymes that speak for marginalized people.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/yybQHoqQAik" height="1" width="1"/> -
Rabbi Steven Greenberg: Advocate for Acceptance
14 May 2012 | 5:01 pmBringing personal warmth and serious scholarship to advocacy for marriage equality in Orthodox Judaism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/G4jDDn1Vdc8" height="1" width="1"/> -
Yes, the Climate is Changing
11 May 2012 | 1:09 pmVideo: People around the world show how climate change is already affecting their lives.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/m16kgcbcvYo" height="1" width="1"/> -
“You Have My Permission to Wear a Hoodie Every Day”
11 May 2012 | 12:49 pmIn the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, what advice should a mother give to her young, brown son? Rasha Hamid pondered that question, and wrote this poem to her son Jibreel.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/TV0YkVMtx4Y" height="1" width="1"/>
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Personal Development | How To Get Success In Life
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Convenience Eating – Your Weight Loss Guide
14 May 2012 | 8:48 amIf you’re a convenience eater, you need a diet that works with your lifestyle. Fast and easy meals and snacks can be lean and delicious if you learn to plan ahead. Use these techniques to eat light at home and dining out even on your busiest days. Weight Loss Techniques To Use At Home For [...] -
Silence Skills – Reinvigorate Your Life
13 May 2012 | 8:09 amYou’ve probably experienced various times in your life when you felt tired, overloaded, and out of gas. You realized you were just getting up and going through the required motions each day, only to start all over again the next morning. When you feel this way, luckily, there are many things you can do to [...] -
Tips Dealing With New Boss
10 May 2012 | 10:08 amWhether your boss is new to you because of a new job or because he’s the new manager at your current work, it’s important to get off to a good start. If you make a good first impression and forge a productive working relationship, you could deepen your job satisfaction and advance your career. Strategies [...] -
Transitions In Life
9 May 2012 | 9:35 amThe one thing you can be sure of in life is that there will be times when you’re thrown a curve ball. Something will happen that you aren’t expecting. Even though you know you’ve got the strength to handle anything that life brings you, you might still be taken aback by an unexpected change in [...] -
Do You Allow Yourself to Cry?
8 May 2012 | 9:44 amYou might remember back when you were a kid how your mom always told you to stop crying. You’ve probably heard a parent at some time in your life tell his kids, “Stop that crying, it doesn’t do any good” or “Stop crying or else I’ll give you something to cry about!” Seriously, if a [...]
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The Psychology of Wellbeing
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Stop Trying to Motivate your Employees! (Self-Determination Theory at Work)
15 May 2012 | 6:47 amStop Trying to Motivate your Employees! (Self-Determination Theory at Work), from The Psychology of WellbeingMost managers think that motivating employees is the #1 part of their job. Or they make the distinction between managers, who attempt to get things done by delegating and motivating employees through incentives and discipline, and leaders, who create a compelling vision and motivate employees through empowerment and inspiration. But everyone seems to feel that motivating employees is the critical aspect of any supervisory position.If I think about my own work/career history,… -
On Love and Breakdancing
11 May 2012 | 6:44 amOn Love and Breakdancing, from The Psychology of WellbeingAlden Tan is a young rockstar blogger (26 years old) who reached out to me interested to share his thoughts on The Psychology of Wellbeing. After getting to know him a bit, I found his passion for life infectious and was inspired by his commitment to chase his dreams. If you like what he shares below, then check out the raw, unedited version of Alden on his blog or sign up for his free email course on how to stop caring about what others think!Being a Bboy is awesome.I mean, everybody thinks we are cool. We are spinning on our… -
Dear Mom, You Were Right, I Was Wrong
8 May 2012 | 6:51 amDear Mom, You Were Right, I Was Wrong, from The Psychology of WellbeingDear Mom,It is hard to fully appreciate your parents until you become one yourself. Although I consider myself to be a relatively mature, well-adjusted and even wise adult in my 40s, I did not fully understand nor appreciate your contribution to my life until having my own children in the past two years.Having a child is life-changing—certainly one of the most impactful things to have ever happened to me—and it has transformed me in innumerable ways. One way is by the revelation (and I really found it a revelation)… -
A Balanced Approach to Positive Leadership
1 May 2012 | 6:45 amA Balanced Approach to Positive Leadership, from The Psychology of WellbeingDuality + Balance by H.KoppdelaneyEarlier this year, I taught my first semester of a new online course on Positive Leadership in Spas and Hospitality for the UC Irvine Extension certification program in Spa and Hospitality Management. Because it was an online course, it attracted an incredible diversity of students from all over the world. There was a good mix of students from Asia, Europe and North America. And the experience of the students varied greatly from massage therapists and estheticians who were… -
You Too Can Become a Musician: The Psychology of Talent
24 Apr 2012 | 6:28 amYou Too Can Become a Musician: The Psychology of Talent, from The Psychology of WellbeingSteve II by Nick BedfordDo you have musical talent? Do you wish you did? A small percentage of us seem to have the gift of music but most (if not all) of us wish we had it. Whatever our favorite musical genre is, there is a natural tendency to admire our favorite musicians, listen raptly to the incredible sounds they are able to produce with their voice or their instrument, and to wish or imagine, if only for a moment, that maybe someday we too could produce such melodies.But to the non-musically…
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Good Vibe Blog
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LOA Success Secret #4: Don’t Make It Important
12 May 2012 | 11:23 amContinuing the countdown of the five secrets to law of attraction success, here is #4: You’ve noticed it, too, I’m sure. How the things you don’t care about too much come together easier than the “big deal” desires of life. It’s why the email from an old friend pops in the day after randomly thinking about them, but the phone hasn’t rung in weeks after interviewing for the dream job. It’s why we can manifest a free lunch in the blink of an eye, but dropping the extra weight seems next to impossible. People ask me regularly why the stuff they… -
Guest Post: Not Caring What Others Think
10 May 2012 | 8:58 amToday’s guest post comes by request from Chip Engelmann. I asked him to share his thoughts about how deliberate creators could get better at not caring what others think, since that is a common source of kinky vibes: How do I stop caring about what other people think of me? This question cannot be answered as such because it is predicated on a fiction. In truth, no one can ever know what anyone else is thinking. At best, they can make a guess based upon false assumptions. If you will bear with me, I will create a metaphysical construct in which we can re-examine the dynamics of… -
Good Vibe Quotables
5 May 2012 | 4:22 pmWhat my clients hear from me regularly: www.goodvibeblog.com www.goodvibeblog.com www.goodvibeblog.com www.goodvibeblog.com www.slackermanifesting.com www.goodvibeblog.com www.moneymojomagic.com www.goodvibeblog.com www.goodvibeblog.com and some of my favorite personal mantras: www.goodvibeblog.com www.goodvibeblog.com I LOVE to share Mike Dooley’s “It’s a good thing I’m rich” and Stuart Wilde’s “The trick to money is having some.” But clients know me best for asking the… -
Deliberate Creator or Crazy Person?
4 May 2012 | 12:50 pmIt’s not every day I get called delusional, dangerous and egotistical. But yesterday’s newsletter discussing the difference between powerful manifesting and irresponsible behavior flooded my inbox with the kind of comments I don’t usually get. Here’s an unedited sampling: Lisa M writes: After I had children I would not even smash a spider or bug. . I became more protective . . . . no worry and bring in “ lower vibration thoughts” , but “Common Sense with light” ? besides not wearing seat belts is Illegal . . that is close to keeping the… -
LOA Success Secret #5: Drop the Agenda
29 Apr 2012 | 12:03 pmI’m counting down my top five favorite “secrets” to deliberate creation success … the things not every deliberate creator knows (or remembers to practice) to create our highest success. Law of Attraction Success Secret #5: Drop the Agenda Those of us who know how the system works can sometimes (maybe often) find ourselves working that system in order to get what we want. That sounds innocent enough, right? (In fact, isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?) But if you’re ‘doing this’ in order to ‘get that’ – you’ve…
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My Real Seo Pressor Review : How To Get Quality Traffic To Your Blog
16 May 2012 | 10:18 am“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” -Sun Tzu I want to share with you a WordPress plugin tool that I found that has given me 1st Page Google Rankings just by implementing and working with the plugin. A lot of people want to know how I get a good amount of traffic and quality page-views [...] -
11 Easy Steps to Living Joyfully!
16 May 2012 | 12:38 amEditor’s Note: Today’s Guest Post is By Karin Volo 11 Easy Steps to Living Joyfully! We are meant to be joyous and living a fulfilling life! So why is it that most people are not doing that? It’s because they aren’t doing the things they absolutely LOVE to do. It’s time to figure out [...] -
5 Simple Tips To a Healthy Life
14 May 2012 | 11:22 am“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” -Thomas Jefferson A Healthy Life When you were younger, and you had all the energy in the world to do [...] -
The Law of Increase: What You Give Out You Get Back
12 May 2012 | 12:44 pmOne of the key ingredients to live a life of abundance is by understanding the law of increase. You and I live in an abundant world. You get in this world what you choose to give out. And it is a “choice.”You see, many people have this misunderstanding thinking that what they [...] -
Accessing The Authentic Self
11 May 2012 | 11:55 amAccessing The Authentic Self Listen closely to the sounds of the authentic self. The authentic self is the space within your spirit that knows all that needs to be known and revealed at the time it is supposed. The authentic self and being that for the world, is the precious gift that you [...]
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Working with ACT
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How To Super Charge Your Leadership Training
9 May 2012 | 8:13 pmI recently heard of a leadership programme where it is expected that half way through the programme participants will contact the CEO of their large organisation to complain. They are doubtful about the usefulness of the programme and feel overwhelmed, stressed and angry. The CEO apparently responds by telling them to ‘suck it up’. Why does he tell them this? Because he sees that, in the long run, the programme works – the majority of participants do become better leaders after the programme. They are wiser, more courageous and demonstrate more integrity. Although the… -
The Benefits of Accepting Your Emotions and Treating Yourself Like A Child
2 May 2012 | 5:51 amRecently I was a bit upset. I was feeling sad, anxious and angry about a challenging situation in my life. I am not good with anger. My natural tendency is to fight it. I try to fix the feeling. My mind grinds over and over whatever seems to have triggered the anger. Part of me believes that if I can just figure out how to solve the problem then I won’t have this bad feeling. How does that work for me? Not real well! So I caught myself in my old pattern. Ruminating on the problem in a doomed attempt to get rid of the anger. And then I made a different choice. I decided to observe the… -
The Risks of ‘Knowing’ The Rules
26 Apr 2012 | 5:07 amAll through our lives we learn ‘rules’. Anything from ‘Wash your hands before dinner’ to ‘Good goals are SMART goals’ and even ‘All men are #%s*#%^*’. Is it a good idea to ’know’ the rules? Well, it depends. Robert Sternberg and Peter Frensch (1989) were interested in exploring this. They pitted expert and novice Bridge players against a computer. Of course, the experts understood the rules of Bridge more fully than the novices. So, when the computer played according to the usual rules of Bridge, the expert players did well… -
How Promising Managers Sometimes Derail Their Careers…and How to Prevent It
18 Apr 2012 | 7:05 pmAccording to The Centre for Creative Leadership almost 1 in 2 of the managers who have the makings of success fail to reach their potential. They ‘derail’ and are either demoted, fired, plateau or opt for early retirement (William A Gentry). There seem to be some key problems that cause this derailment: Failing to build effective interpersonal relationships Showing poor team leadership Having problems adapting to changes in the environment Lacking growth and development in the face of the changing demands of their role Failing to meet business objectives (due to either failing to… -
What Facebook Can Teach Managers About Building Engagement
11 Apr 2012 | 5:01 amFacebook is amazing at building and maintaining engagement. From a behavioural science perspective, Facebook is set up in a way that encourages engagement. How does it do it and what can it teach us? 1. Facebook makes it very, very easy to give positive feedback. In fact, it isn’t just easy, it is actually feels good to click the ‘like’ button (or is that just me?). Research suggests that team members need around 3 pieces of positive feedback for every piece of negative feedback. Not many employees are getting even close to that. So when you are reviewing a piece of work,…
