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January 2007
Monthly Archive
01-31-2007
Do You Want a More “Educated” Mind? Seven Common Traps You Need to Avoid
01-29-2007
Small Victories: 4-7 Days to Success & Lasting Change
A “small victory” is a powerful personal development tool that can help you form a new habit, break a bad habit, make a lasting change in your life, or simply try out something new.
In a previous article, I wrote about why the Kaizen approach, which consists of taking small steps in a spirit of continuous […]
01-25-2007
Acting As If - An Easy Way to Change the Way You Feel
Customers, prospects and potential business partners can smell your fear a mile away.
You may think you’re putting on a good front to other people when you make a presentation or try to strike up a conversation, but if you don’t genuinely feel confident about yourself people will see that in you and will share your […]
01-22-2007
The Art of Influencing Up
Marshall Goldsmith has an interesting article up on Yahoo about “The Art of Influencing Up“.
The main point of the article is that, while knowledge workers may have more technical knowledge & expertise than their bosses or supervisors, it is still the boss who gets to decide whether to go ahead with an idea or not.
If […]
01-19-2007
How Sports Psychology and Visualization Can Help You Win in Life
01-18-2007
Time Management Q & A - How to Make Time for Yourself
A reader asked the following question:
“My time management problem isn’t paper or emails, it’s people. I am a mother of three very busy very active (and demanding) teenagers and I have my aged mother ALL who can demand my time.
I have days when I am bombarded with demands on my time from all of them. […]
01-13-2007
Setting Realistic Weight Loss Goals
An important component in a SMART weight loss strategy is to have realistic expectations & weight loss targets.
It’s normal and understandable for you to want to lose weight quickly, but it’s important to realize that it’s going to take some time to lose all your extra weight. You have to be patient and give your […]
01-11-2007
Why Would Anyone Do That? Maybe There’s a Reason
01-09-2007
SMART Weight Loss - How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off
Did you know that as many as 95% of all diets fail to produce long-term weight loss? I don’t know about you, but that seems like a pretty dismal success rate to me. Why is losing weight and keeping it off such a difficult challenge?
Now, before you tell me all about your friend Joan who […]
Physical Fitness & Weight Loss Challenge
The physical fitness & weight loss challenge is now online. I decided to start with this challenge because losing weight and getting in better shape are two of the most common New Year’s resolutions year after year.
The great thing about the challenge format is that you don’t have to wait until next New Year’s to […]
