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Dialing Emotional Independence in Just Right

January 16, 2024

Emotional independence works best when you’re not too high or too low in independence, but find a mid-point that’s just right. To maintain good relationships–important for happiness at work and in life–it’s best not to be too aggressive or too weak. The best relationships are built on being able to keep communication lines open respectfully and non-judgmentally, especially during difficult situations. Your ability to manage your independence is closely related to how well you establish relationships with others. Too little…

My Gratitude Project 2023

November 1, 2023

Gratitude Project

Every year in November, I dedicate myself to 30 days of gratitude. Read all my posts here. Nov. 1: Honestly, I need gratitude more than ever this year. I can hardly express the unspeakable sadness I have experienced recently. I see fear and anxiety from conflict and violence writ large across the globe. Every day I experience conflicts, disrespect, and a lack of empathy writ small in my own life and in the lives of my clients and friends. Gratitude…

Stand Up to Bullies: Keep Your Confidence, and Your Job

October 25, 2023

Confidence at Work

My article in Forbes offers six tips for standing up to bullies in the workplace. Are you silenced or confused at work? Is your best work often demeaned or dismissed? Does your boss make unreasonable or demeaning demands? If so, you may be the target of a bullying attack. It’s important to stand up to bullies to reclaim your confidence and recover a sense of power and control over your own job. Unfortunately, bullying is alive and well in the…

Raise Your Optimism for Better Outcomes in Sales, Work, and Life

September 25, 2023

Confidence at Work

Use optimism for better outcomes in sales, at work, and in life. It also helps you feel happier and less stressed at work. Most of us know someone who is constantly having problems, often sick or injured, frequently or almost always complaining about something. Most of us also know someone for whom things almost always go well. At work and in life, things just seem to go their way. Does optimism–or pessimism–result from events or could our outlook on life…

Six Emotional Intelligence Skills for Sales Success

August 7, 2023

Confidence at Work, Empathy in Leadership

Emotional intelligence skills for sales consists of six specific skills that enable high performance throughout the sales cycle. Salespeople are in the business of making people happy. From small sales to big ones, the sales process is a trade of money for something that solves a problem or makes our lives better, easier, more effective, efficient, or just more beautiful. That’s why emotional intelligence is essential for increasing sales. In order to get to that magical moment where the seller…

Reduce Anxiety for Better Health

July 12, 2023

Confidence at Work

Sometimes anxiety may feel rational, but actually it’s not helping. Try these three tips to reduce anxiety and start bouncing back. Let’s face it. The global pandemic has left everyone with historic levels of leftover stress. Work–whether you have it or you don’t–is one source of stress. We all have fears. Letting your fears get the better of you is counterproductive. Stress can triggers hormones that can actually reduce your body’s immune responses and increase your risk for other health…