You can inadvertently send negative messages, even when you say only unambiguously positive things about someone. The reason has everything to do with context.READ»
I wish I could make the universe deliver wonderful things to my doorstep just by imagining them. I can't--and neither can you, no matter what anyone tells you. READ»
People can have remarkably keen insights into their own behavior. Then again, people can also be remarkably wrong about why they, and everyone else, do the things that they do. And some of those people turn out to be motivational speakers and authors. READ»
If there were something you could add to your car's engine, so that after driving it a hundred miles, you'd end up with more gas in the tank than you started with, wouldn't you use it?READ»
If you want to understand how to best motivate your employees, both young and old, it's essential to understand how our ideas about happiness change as we age.READ»
You need to find a way to deal effectively with the distractions, the interruptions, and the fact that there is just way too much on your plate. Fortunately, there is a very simple strategy that has been proven to do the trick.READ»
Think of an actor on stage--as a member of the audience, you are focused on what he is doing, but if you're the actor, you see everything but yourself. READ»
People are generally pretty lousy when it comes to estimating the time they will need to complete a task. Psychologists refer to this as the planning fallacy, and it's an all too common problem--one with the very real potential to screw up our plans and keep us from reaching our goals.READ»
The most common source of miscommunication in any workplace is a very simple one: People routinely fail to realize how little they are actually communicating.READ»
Do you spend your life pursuing accomplishments and accolades, reaching for the stars? Or are you busy fulfilling your duties and responsibilities, being the person everyone can count on? READ»
How can you embrace risk, particularly when risk-taking doesn't come to you naturally? The answer is simple: when you think about an upcoming negotiation, focus only on what you have to gain, and banish all thoughts of what you might lose.READ»
Some bosses express admiration and enthusiasm to motivate their employees. Others use anger and criticism to spur them on through intimidation and fear. Which works better, the carrot or the stick?READ»
Many great ideas fail because the person who presents them cannot sell them effectively into their organization, investors, employees, etc. You must now think strategically about how you will communicate so that your idea builds support.READ»
A marketing coordinator that develops and follows through with a plan to track their own career development between employee performance based reviews, is much more likely to get a promotion or other employee perks, than are ...READ»
