[Translate] We all compare ourselves to others every now and then but the extent to which we do so is what generally takes toil on our general well being. Here are a few questions to ask when involved in this exercise of comparing to others. How do you feel? To what benefit is it to you? [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 1, 2010
[Translate] Creative mind(s) for self improvement is our ability to come up with ideas or relics that are novel, astonishing and priceless. We all can be creative according to Boden, (2004,p.1). creativity ‘enters into virtually every aspect of life; it’s not a special faculty but an aspect of human intelligence in general. in other words it’s [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 26, 2010
[Translate] Stress is an interaction between our body and a situation that generates an incredible amount of strain to our well being. It is a psychological and physical state that manifests itself when our resources to cope with a situation(s) are not sufficient. This post ‘ Dealing with stress’ aims to simply highlight some causes of stress [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 11, 2010
[Translate] As crazy as it may sound I had my friend screaming down the phone “excuse me excuses” I couldn’t make out what she was trying to say, so I asked. And here was her response “I am fed up of making excuses” I thought to myself how interesting it’s typically hard for someone who [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 5, 2010
[Translate] In our last post – Traits of Emotional intelligence we asked ourselves questions because Questions focuses our thinking. By asking empowering questions like what’s good about this? What’s not perfect about it yet? What I am going to do next time? How can I do this and have fun doing it” ~Charles Connolly…can certainly be [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 27, 2010
[Translate] Daniel Goleman is a well known international psychologist author of “Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ ” a bestseller with over a million copies in print worldwide. He has broadly discussed this topic and argued in his book that human competencies such as empathy, social –awareness, self –regulation and management adds value to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 5, 2010
[Translate] Dealing with hostile people can be a bit challenging, and while it may be easier to just walk away, in some cases you will have to deal with these kinds of people. Most of us try at all cost to avoid confrontations as well as obnoxious people. We all come in contact with these types [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 30, 2010
[Translate] Of late I felt an urgent need to SWOT analyse my current situation; a lot has obviously been happening but then there was that need to sit down and brainstorm before I activate an action plan. If you haven’t heard of SWOT Analysis it’s simply an acronym which stands for strength, weakness, opportunities and treats. SWOT analysis [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 28, 2010
[Translate] Do you feel blessed? Some people wonder what it means to be blessed. The word blessed can mean a number of things such as blissful, having great happiness, and having comfort or joy. Being blessed is both spiritual and physical. To feel more blessed, take time to understand the meaning and purpose of the word. Chinese [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 24, 2010
[Translate] Your beliefs about yourself and your world create your expectations. Your expectations determine your attitude. Your attitude determines your behavior and the way you relate to other people. And the way you behave toward and relate to other people determines how they relate to and behave toward you ~ Brian Tracy. I love to provide a long [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 1, 2010
[Translate] Life often takes some planning, some coordination, and well…some brainstorming. This said, if you are planning a big project at work, a move to a new career or life, or just a change in your life; you need to know how to brainstorm it all out-in order to make sure it goes as smoothly and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 18, 2010
[Translate] If I had my way I would rather not deal with difficult people but that’s sounds almost impossible and here is why. As long as we have contact directly or indirectly with others we are bound to come across difficult people. Our ability to deal with difficult people hence comes in once we recognise these set [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 27, 2010
[Translate] Life can often be a very taxing experience. There are many responsibilities, many hardships, and many difficult lessons that we all go through-very very few go unscathed. This said, it seems an endless journey to better understand and deal with these negative events and hardship; and it can seem to many of us-at many times [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 24, 2010
[Translate] One of the hardest things that many of us may struggle with is not just starting things, but finishing them. You may have tons of great ideas or perhaps tasks on your plate with all the energy to begin them; but if you don’t have the wherewithal to actually complete them, there is no point [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
[Translate] Just a little bit of existential philosophy/therapy; the beauty of this aspect of philosophy is its emphasis on human’s freedom, choices, responsibility and problems that arise with existence. We may often be caught-up with the busyness of the day where sometimes we become overwhelmed, anxious , stressed and have no time to question what this [...]
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