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Empathetic Listening: Mastering Authentic Communication

Posted on May 15, 2023

Empathetic Listening

In today’s fast-paced world, forging genuine connections and effectively communicating with others has become increasingly important. One crucial aspect of building such connections is empathetic listening, a skill that enables individuals to understand and relate to others on a deeper level. In this blog post, we’ll delve into this concept, explore its theoretical foundations, and […]

Filed Under: 52 Essential Skills, Blog Tagged With: Life Skills, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

Embracing an Unconventional Mindset: Lateral Thinking for Creativity

Posted on May 8, 2023

embracing an unconventional mindset

In today’s fast-paced and competitive world, creativity and innovation are more important than ever. The ability to think differently and solve complex problems is crucial for personal and professional growth. One way to foster this ability is by embracing an unconventional mindset and using lateral thinking to achieve creative breakthroughs. In this post, we’ll explore […]

Filed Under: 52 Essential Skills, Blog Tagged With: Life Skills, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

Embracing Competition for Success

Posted on May 1, 2023

embracing competition for success

The Power of Competition Competition has always been an integral part of human history. It’s the driving force behind the progress we’ve made, pushing us to innovate and explore new horizons. By embracing competition for success, we ourselves on a path to greatness. Here are some reasons why competition is essential for success: A Mindset […]

Filed Under: 52 Essential Skills, Blog Tagged With: Personal Development, Self-Improvement, Success

Risk-Taking Leadership: Elevate Your Approach for Unprecedented Success

Posted on April 24, 2023

risk-taking leadership

In our rapidly evolving world, risk-taking leadership has emerged as an important factor in driving growth, innovation, and overall success. As a leader, embracing risks can catapult your organization to new heights and foster a culture of creativity and adaptability or bring about catastrophe. This article will explore the importance of risk-taking, backed by theory […]

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Mastering Life’s Challenges: A Comprehensive Guide to Developing Grit and Resilience

Posted on April 17, 2023

developing grit and resilience

We live in a world full of challenges. Yet, some people seem to conquer them with relative ease. What’s their secret? It’s called grit, and today we’re diving into how you can develop this powerful trait to thrive in an increasingly tough world by focusing on developing grit and resilience. Grit is more than just […]

Filed Under: 52 Essential Skills, Blog Tagged With: Personal Development, Self-Improvement, Success

How A Life Of Continual Learning Puts You In Position For Success

Posted on April 12, 2020 4 Comments

Continual Learning

A Life of Continual Learning Can continual learning contribute to your success? What would you say the odds are that a person who left college after just one year to take a job for $57 a week as a stock clerk in a department store would one day grow up to become a millionaire at […]

Filed Under: 52 Essential Skills, Blog Tagged With: Learning, Life, Life Skills, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

A Nice Person’s Guide To Becoming More Assertive

Posted on March 17, 2020 37 Comments

Becoming More Assertive

The Limitations Of Niceness When it comes to our business and personal relationships, I think that a lot of the problems that nice people have can be solved by becoming more assertive.  Nice people are great.  They are likable.  They are fun to be around (for a while, at least).  They make you feel better […]

Filed Under: 52 Essential Skills, Blog Tagged With: Life, Life Skills, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

How To Overcome The Threshold of Inconvenience

Posted on July 17, 2019

“Success is gained, not by talent, but by sheer determination.”  If you’ve ever watched the television show Shark Tank, you may have noticed something obvious.  Not every great idea gets accepted by the sharks.  Of all the people applying to get on the show – approximately 45,000 each year – less than 1% ever make […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Discipline, Life Skills, motivation, Personal Development, Success

3 Critical Strategies to Think Better

Posted on November 24, 2018 Leave a Comment

Strategies to think better

Whenever someone talks about having greater success in life, inevitably the first area that needs to be addressed prior to any behavior or action are the strategies to think better. The fact is, we all have destructive thinking patterns that operate outside of our conscious awareness and result in negative outcomes with potentially disastrous consequences for […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Life Skills, Personal Development, self-help, Self-Improvement, Thinking

Why Do We Need School?

Posted on September 9, 2018 6 Comments

Why Do We Need School

Several years ago, on a cold winter morning when the warmth of a comfortable bed seemed quite a bit more desirable than getting up, stepping out onto a chilly floor, and getting ready for school, one of my children asked me the question, “Dad, why do I have to go to school?”  I don’t remember […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Choice, Education, Leadership, Learning, Self-Improvement

Finding an answer to the question “Why?”

Posted on March 26, 2018 4 Comments

what is my purpose

What is My Purpose? Have you ever asked the question “what is my purpose?”  Think for a minute about starting a business.  Whenever you decide to start a company, you first have to answer the question “why??”  Why does this company exist?  What are we here to do?  This question provides the basis for a […]

Filed Under: 52 Essential Skills, Blog Tagged With: Life, Personal Development, Purpose, Self-Improvement

Should we tell the truth?

Posted on March 12, 2018 2 Comments

should we tell the truth

Should we tell the truth? (Warning – this may get a little philosophical) Should we tell the truth?  At face value, it’s a question we all most likely would answer in the affirmative.  I believe most people would agree that they should tell the truth but at the same time admit that they don’t always tell […]

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