Fear and other negative emotions wreak havoc at work and at home. Read my blog to find tips on how to handle fear and be more positive.
Emotions can help us improve decision making. Unfortunately, emotions can also get in the way. The key is to make decisions based on emotional intelligence, not raw emotions. Most of us don’t think of decision making as an emotional intelligence skill, but often, it’s emotions that get in the way of good decisions. Using emotional intelligence to inform your decisions can help you get better outcomes. Using emotional intelligence means being aware of what you are feeling when weighing your…
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Are you biting your pencil in frustration at not knowing what to do about a boss who doesn’t empower you to do your best work? It’s a problem that’s more common than people like to think about. Bosses are people too, with all the fears, problems, inner conflicts, trials, and tribulations of daily life. Even if you like and admire your boss, and even if you like your job, it can sometimes feel like your boss is in the way.…
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We’ve all seen out-sized reactions: when little incidents trigger big responses. If we’re honest with ourselves, most of us would admit that at one time or another, it’s happened to us. In an office place, out-sized reactions that can wreak havoc. In my teaching days, there was a teacher who used to throw chalk at his students when they were whispering. Eventually he threw a book and was fired. Once I saw the director of a non-profit demean his entire…
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Learn the seven signs of anxiety that show your stress level has tipped beyond the healthy point. Secretly, I like stress. It revs me up and puts me in warrior mode. I’m at my best when I have too much to do and too many problems to solve. But when stress tips into anxiety, the opposite happens. I can’t get anything done. Anxiety is the low static hum left over from unresolved stress, a persistent, residual pattern that grates on the…
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