SPECIAL OFFER for May 2013

We have created a SPECIAL OFFER webpage.

This page will be up ONLY for MAY 2013, because May is:

National Blood Pressure month (get that stress down)

National Correct Posture month (stand proud)

And because May 3 is both Polish Constitution and Japan Constitution Day (and my daughters are of Japanese and Polish descent)

To see the SPECIAL OFFER –> personal effectiveness

If on the first date he had said

If on the first date he had said “I’ll date you but you have to let me hit you whenever I feel like it” – would you have said yes?

Stop violence against women for the rest of the article.

The Most Moral Act Of All Is The Creation Of Space For Life To Move Onward

This particular quote is such an elegant approach to life.  Life – whether yours or another person’s or your pet’s or your garden’s – moves onward.  Life never retreats.  Life grows.  And to grow, it needs space into which to grow.  Without space, growth is stunted.  With space, life is free to grow as big as it wants.  And also in any direction it wants. Or in all directions.  Because sometimes life looks like a bush.  And sometimes it looks like a vine.

The remainder of this article can be seen at personal effectiveness.

THE WARRIOR MINDSET FOR CAREER SUCCESS

In today’s competitive environment, you need a distinct advantage to advance in your career.  It’s not enough to have a good GPA.  That may get you a good first position.  It’s not enough to go to a good school. That may get in with a good first company.  It’s not enough even to be there for a long time.  Seniority doesn’t count for much these days.  You need a warrior mindset.

The warrior mindset does not mean to be combative or confrontational.  At least, not all the time.  It means to have the mindset of knowing what is important to fight about, and to be willing to fight all out about it.

The rest of this article is at personal effectiveness.

SItuational Leadership and Success Coaching

Leadership is defined as “someone who guides or directs a group.”  There are many ways to do this.  The most visible and probably the most ineffective is to yell at people until they do something that looks like what you want them to do.  That works once.  But true situational leadership – that focuses on the group, the conditions, and the goals – is a much more effective and long lasting method of leadership.

For the rest of this article, please click personal effectiveness.

STRESS AND RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS IN A MARRIAGE

Marriage itself is stressful.  Most times, it’s a good kind of stress (moves, buying a house, kids) that maybe isn’t handled the best way.  Sometimes it’s bad stress (affair, job loss, kids) that’s handled poorly.  When the focus is on dealing with the stress instead of dealing with the problem, you as a couple become divided, which itself adds stress to the marriage.

For more, please read relationship problems in a marriage

3 Ways That Creatively Managing Stress Saves Your Relationships

Stress really ruins your health. The effects of stress on the body are potentially deadly. But it also ruins your relationships. The stress you are under has an effect on every person you come in contact with. But especially your closest family and friends. And not in a good way.

One component of stress management that is rarely mentioned is creative thinking. By strengthening your creative thinking, you can see more solutions to your stressful situation.

The remainder of this article is at personal effectiveness.

Change Your Time By Not Changing A Thing

As our society becomes busier and more demanding, people find they have less time but more responsibilities. Work demands more productivity, families have more scheduled activities, and even your hobbies need to be put in your appointment book as “scheduled activities.” How can you manage your time, when your time is managing you?

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How’s Your Day? Great!

I went to the grocery store after my morning workout the other day. I wanted to pick up a fresh sandwich and some fruit for lunch.  As I was looking at the display, the guy sticking the section said to me, “How’s your day?”
“Great,” I said.
“Well, so far,” he said.
Sounded kind of negative to me, so I replied–> personal effectiveness

Exercise In Total Darkness

Exercise In Total Darkness

Exercising in total darkness – or near total darkness – is something that most people don’t think of doing. And when it is suggested to them, most people immediately think of reason they shouldn’t. There’s the “klutz” factor: what if I fall? What if I bump into something? There’s the “balance” factor: what if I fall down? There’s the “location” factor: where can I find a place dark enough and big enough? Well, the interesting thing is that exercising in darkness actually solves these problems, and many others.

Read the rest of this article to improve your personal effectiveness.