Have you ever said, “why do I do the very thing I do not want to do?” Have you been dealing with addiction? Maybe you recognize that sometimes you find yourself in situations and places that you know are not right for you, but for whatever reason you find yourself there doing the exact same behavior. For most of us …
Actualized Leadership: Meeting Your Shadow & Maximizing Your Potential – William Sparks PhD
I find when it comes to the word “leadership” our eyes and ears tend to perk up. Most all of us at some point in our life is going to “lead” someone, even if that is only ourselves. There are as many theories to leadership almost as there are leaders. So when it comes to books on leadership we either …
Authentic Negotiating – Clarity, Detachment, & Equilibrium – Corey Kupfer
Everyday we negotiate. Maybe we negotiate as part of our business life. Perhaps you are in the midst of negotiating during a career interview. You may be negotiating with your spouse or significant other, or negotiating with a child who doesn’t want to their homework or go to bed. You even negotiate with yourself about the time you get up, …
Decisions- The Power To Overcome Self-Defeating Behaviors – Sean Douglas
Life is not always going to treat us kindly. Sometimes life can be quite cruel, mean, and feel unjustified. And sometimes it is our decisions that create so many of our problems. As it turns out there are really three types of problems we will deal with in life, those that life happens to give us, those that others give …
11 Best Ways to Face Life’s Challenges – Dr. Ken Best
We all will be faced with challenges. The longer we live, the more challenges we get to face. We also live in a world that tells you that “you must be happy”…the marketers present pictures and commercials that convince us time and time again that our happiness is somehow tied to the products or services they want to sell us. …
How to Change Minds – Rob Jolles
Let’s be honest with each other. We are all in sales. Seriously, we are all in sales. Even if your career title does not say, “sales” you have to sell. You have to sell your boss that you have value, you have sell your spouse or significant other on…well you. If you have children you may have to sell them …
The Power of Authenticity – Ora Nadrich – Live True
Let me ask you a question. If you were to look at yourself from above would you, or could truly say you are living authentically? Are you truly being who you are? Do you even know who that person is suppose to be? It is so easy in life to lose sight if who we really are. We get so …
Checking in on You and Your Mission
Episode 34 of A New Direction is totally focused on you and your mission. How are you right now in the four areas of your life? The physical, the mental, the emotional, and the spiritual? Matthew Luhn wrote a book entitled “The Best Story Wins” in his book he makes a statement that I pose to you as a question. …
Be Successful – Your Career is Your Business – Ines Temple – YOU Incorporated
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being awful and 10 being the best it can be…how would you rate your career right now? If it is anything less than a 5, I have to ask you this question: Why are you still in that job? The answers could range from, “I need the money”, “it’s better than nothing”, …
Dealing with Depression – Chris Jones – Author – Reversione – AND 29
Depression is one of those topics that typically we like to stray from. Everyone has their own view of depression. As a matter of fact what I have learned as a psychological professional is those who are not psychological professionals seem to have all the answers behind depression. The fact is even as professionals we do not have ALL the …