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How Would Others Rate Your Social Competence?
What is your social competence score? Your social competence is closely related to your EQ, or your emotional quotient. EQ is your ability to a. …
March 5, 2013
“How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character”
“How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character,” by Paul Tough, a former editor at New York Times Magazine, focuses on the…
February 26, 2013
Self Awareness: Super Achiever’s Secret
How do you react when you find an obstacle in your path? Do you focus on external reasons for failure? See outcomes as beyond your…
February 21, 2013
One Hundred Days of Rejection
Jia Jiang is putting himself out there big time. He is making at least one “crazy request” each day for 100 days in order to…
February 14, 2013
Broken Windows: Why the Little Things Can Be Big Things
Some things set the tone for other things. Norms are established, announcing what is accepted or permitted and what is not. Some things can be…
January 31, 2013
The Power of Negative Thinking
I’m primarily a positive thinking kind of guy. Yet, at times there is also some strength and power to be found in negative thinking. For…
January 24, 2013
Don’t Waste Time on Things That Don’t Matter With People Who Matter
Seated in 1D, Ric Elias had a bird’s eye view on U.S. Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia to Charlotte, North Carolina, on January 15, 2009.…
January 17, 2013
2012’s Five: A Look Back
At 60, as I enter the final third of my life, my thoughts dwell more on significance than on success, on spirituality more than materiality.…
January 3, 2013
The Power of Framing
“A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation…is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.” — George Matthew Adams; 1878–1962 We…
November 29, 2012
Count Your Blessings: Make it Truly a Day of Thanksgiving
Want to cheer yourself up? Find energy on even the darkest days? Count your blessings! Enumerate all the things you have to be thankful for,…
November 19, 2012
What is your 生き甲斐 ?
生き甲斐 translates from Japanese as ikigai (pronounced ee-ki-guy), which means “reason for being” Or put another way, – What gets you bounding out of bed…
November 13, 2012