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How to Create Your Ideal Job
Today, work is killing us. So is non-work. The American Heart Association estimates that 53% of managers working today will die from job stress induced illness. At the same time, university studies...
View ArticleHow to Get Happy by Beating SAD
Taking care of your body is like having a relationship with a sensitive, artistic soul. If you treat it right, it will show you a pretty good time. But if you cater to its every whim, bad things can...
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So Many of Us Need Good Work
There’s been a huge response to my last blog about creating your ideal career. Many people who responded are over 40–even some over 60!–who find themselves in need of creating a new career that will...
View ArticleHarnessing the Inner Dynamo
If I’m going to be honest, I have to admit that I hate waiting. As often as I try to develop patience in myself, serenity in unappealing circumstances, and quickness to acknowledge and be grateful for...
View Article#73–When Work and Joy Collide
“Servant leadership” is a big word these days. It’s being propounded in corporate settings, religious circles, and between people in long-term relationships. It sounds like an oxymoron, which is part...
View Article#76–How Your Passion Can Gather Steam
Innovation is like steam in a kettle. If you don’t let some out, eventually the pressure grows until it blows the lid off. How often do we let the force of our great idea escape, little by little,...
View Article#85–The Secret Productivity Killer (and what you can do about it)
What if I told you that all your techniques, books, and organizational systems for boosting productivity were a big waste of money and effort? Don’t get me wrong–productivity coaching can be very...
View ArticleTelling Yourself the True Story
A tiny, unassuming acorn takes root in the ground, invisible and seemingly insignificant. If you sat there and watched it, it would probably seem as though nothing was happening. But if you go away and...
View Article(TR#36) Ditch the Daydreams
PONDER THIS: Daydreaming could be standing in the way of your success! RESEARCH SAYS: Fantasizing about our hopes and dreams is statistically associated with failure. How’s that for a reality check?...
View Article[TR#57] How to Find and Lose Yourself at the Same Time
PONDER THIS: Do you remember how much fun it was as a child to make a hand-print turkey or a rainbow with Fruit Loops? RESEARCH SAYS: The extent of my artistic abilities is a pretty bad stick figure....
View Article(TR#82) The One Regret You Can Avoid
WHAT IF… you woke up in the morning looking forward to getting to work? RESEARCH SAYS: The number one life mistake people age 70-100 warn us to avoid is staying in a job you dislike. Yep. That’s...
View Article(TR#92) Seize the Day
WHAT IF… you lived your life with no regrets? RESEARCH SAYS: I know, I know. Taking risks can be scary, but we’re more likely to regret the things we didn’t do rather than the things we did. (The...
View Article(TR#227) Follow Your Purpose
WHAT IF…great leaders follow their purpose? RESEARCH SAYS: Purpose drives the greatest leaders to create a meaningful product or accomplish a goal that transcends the company’s bottom line–and to think...
View Article(TR#267) Make the Most of Your Commute
WHAT IF…your commute can be the best part of your day? RESEARCH SAYS: The average person’s commute is 25.4 minutes every day. That’s a lot of time to be spent either ornery and stressed or recharged...
View Article(TR#307) All That Jazz
What if…listening to jazz music can help you be more productive at work? RESEARCH SAYS: Maybe you’ve heard of the Mozart Effect. How about the Miles Davis Effect? According to psychologists and...
View Article(TR#310) How to Magnify Those Positive Feelings
WHAT IF…gratitude is the most powerful force we have to increase positive feelings of optimism, creativity, and friendliness? RESEARCH SAYS: People who train themselves to focus on what they’re...
View Article(TR#336) Do You Have a Job, Career, or Calling?
WHAT IF…how you approach your work might directly affect your job satisfaction and the meaning you find in it? RESEARCH SAYS: Researchers have found that people view their work in three ways: Job: Your...
View Article(TR#341) Happiness At Work
WHAT IF…there are clear factors that contribute to work happiness? RESEARCH SAYS: In his latest research, positive psychologist Timothy Sharp asked participants what are the top three contributors to...
View Article(TR#353) Take a Daily Vacation
WHAT IF… you can overwork a problem? RESEARCH SAYS: Have you ever worked on a problem so hard and long that new information seems to bounce off? I know I have. I study and analyze, study and analyze,...
View Article(TR#377) Don’t Die of Boredom
WHAT IF . . . you found meaning in seemingly boring everyday tasks? RESARCH SAYS: Although boredom is often seen as a trivial and temporary discomfort, it can also be a chronic and pervasive stressor...
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