Active listening skills aren’t just a nice-to-have. They improve communication, strengthen relationships, boost team performance, spur personal and professional growth, and play a huge role in leadership excellence. Taken further, active listening is not just functional. It’s effective. How so? Anyone who has experienced good listening can understand its power. When someone listens to you well,…
How to Build Your Brain at Any Age + 3 Rut-Breaking Ideas
A growing brain is a sign of a growing person. And this doesn’t just apply to kids. But they sure are great examples to look at when asking how to build your brain. It’s true that kids—like adults—gravitate to repetition. But at the same time, their learning and development naturally puts them in a state…
Bring Your Vision to Life in 2 Small Steps
Once you’ve defined your personal vision and life purpose, the next step is to make them live – to integrate your picture of the future with your daily behavior patterns, so that you begin making your dream a reality. The power of your subconscious really comes into play here: by ingraining your personal purpose and…
Ice vs. Attitude: It’s Not the Extreme Weather That’s Getting You Down
If you’re one of more than 200 million North Americans affected by the extreme weather this winter, then you may have heard a lot of this type of thing over the past few months: “When is this terrible weather ever going to end? I am so sick of hibernating!” “I’m tired of being cold, and…
Grade You, Change You: 4 Steps to Seeing It Through
Have you ever had thoughts like these? “I should really improve my response to his behavior” “I’d love to change my reactions in these types of situations” “I wish my actions were much more X” If so, congratulations. These thoughts show that you want to be proactive instead of passive about how you act and…
7 Tips for Making Resolutions Reality
Let’s face it: resolutions have become somewhat of a world-wide joke. It’s estimated that we break 50% of these commitments by February and 92% by year’s end. Still, there’s an appealing air of possibility about new beginnings. So time and again, we ignore the 8% success rate and ring in the year by selecting yet…
