Is a Smile Really Contagious?
Know the true index of success
Journey to Excellence
It is exciting, inspiring and fun
Bringing Your A-Game
A guide for high potentials
Conquer Yourself
Overcome doubt, fear,and anxiety
Is a Smile Really Contagious?
Know the true index of success
Journey to Excellence
It is exciting, inspiring and fun
Bringing Your A-Game
A guide for high potentials
Conquer Yourself
Overcome doubt, fear,and anxiety
Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has become a headline for all the wrong reasons. A recording of Sterling making racist comments to his girlfriend was leaked to the public, causing NBA commissioner Adam Silver to ban Sterling from the league for life and slap him with a $2.5 million fine. The NBA may also force Sterling to sell his team. The man has disgraced himself in the public eye.
Through this article, Perfecting the art of Active Listening, we will explore the reasons many of us fail at listening, we will gain an understanding of the critical importance of active listening in interpersonal relationships and we will learn skill-building techniques that can help transform us from a passive to an active listener.
In a 2012 interview, Prof. Giacomo Rizzolatti, one of the world’s leading neuroscientists, explained how feelings are "contagious."
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” Martin Luther King, Jr. I absolutely love this quote by Dr. King. Every time I read it, I can clearly hear this great man’s booming voice filled with passion as he inspires all to excel at every task, no matter the size.
Competition is hot and leadership is needed. High potentials who want to make it to the “suite seats” are expected to deliver results, be inspiring leaders, think critically, be flexible, innovative, collaborative AND be able to lead influentially. It’s no small task. In fact, in order to make it, high potentials must bring their “A-Game” every day. They no longer have the luxury of a bad day, week, month, or quarter. They have to get up every day and bring their very best to the table.
Yes, we are all human, and that typically insinuates mistakes, failure, disappointment, and emotional havoc. It is easy for us to dwell on our shortcomings and imperfections, but in order to reach your full potential, your focus and energy must be moving towards becoming more than just human. You have a unique opportunity in this universe to create your reality and determine your future. You are not a robot, but rather a divine being with the freedom of choice, and each choice you make is shaping your present moment as well as your future.
They’re calling it a “war.” Apparently, it’s do or die time for organizations to protect and stockpile talent—to keep and hire the “A Players” of the world, the rock stars and the champions, or be out-maneuvered by those who do.
The challenges of advancing in your career and of maintaining work-life balance become more acute with each passing month. With that in mind, here are 21 ways that professionals with work-life balance are different from others...
Take a minute to think about your career and ask yourself one question. Are you playing checkers or are you playing chess?
What causes people to do what they do? Your mind is like an infinite weighing machine — every moment, your mind is weighing your perceived Benefit against your perceived Cost of doing any behavior, habit or activity you can think of. Every decision you make, every habit you form, is built upon your perceived Why-To’s and Why-Not-To’s of doing that thing.