Change a lousy habit in 4 steps
Whether you snack when you’re stressed out or spend too much time surfing the web, you can change that bad habit in four steps:
Category: Personal Development
Want to achieve your goal? Visualize it
You can’t always get what you want, but you might get the one thing you deeply desire—if you know how to visualize it. Mark Murphy, founder and CEO of Leadership IQ and author of Hard Goals, tells us that visualizations are an important motivator when you’re working toward a goal.
Bring hidden talents to the surface
You’re giving a presentation to a group of fellow admins, and it’s going as smooth as butter. Now, fast forward to the next week. Once again, you’ve been asked to share your knowledge with a group. Only this time, you’re nervous. You’re convinced that you don’t have the ability to do it. Why?
3 P’s of success: How to hit your peak
For Susan Ershler, reaching her goal didn’t just feel like climbing a mountain. She actually did climb one—or, rather, she climbed the tallest mountain on each continent. Ershler now tours and speaks about how she accomplished seemingly impossible goals, all while holding high-ranking sales positions in Fortune 500 companies.
Reason No. 101 not to multitask
Do you multitask while checking your BlackBerry? According to Ryan Hamilton, an assistant professor of marketing at Emory University, you may have a more difficult time controlling your temper or staying on a diet. A new study finds that frequently switching your mindset weakens your self-control.
Easy triggers restore self-discipline
Self-discipline is about small things paving the way for big things, author and career columnist Penelope Trunk says. What she means is that if you can work hard on one small area, you can create self-discipline in other areas.
Pushing through your fears
What are you afraid of? Speaking your ideas? Having a difficult conversation? Those cruel dressing-room mirrors during swimsuit season? Well, don’t let the fear of crowds or mirrors stop you. Pushing through the fear is a necessary rite of passage.
Carving out time for a mindful lunch
We heard a story recently about a woman who transformed her lunch hour. Tired of seeing miserable-looking co-workers during lunchtime, she started a “lunch club” with colleagues. Craft your own “mindful lunch” that involves being with others, walking, being outdoors and eating healthful food.
1-Minute Strategies: June ’11
Mind your business P’s & Q’s … Ask permission before giving feedback … Pose the right questions when you’re waiting … Is a cluttered desk the sign of a cluttered mind?
Building up your concentration muscle
Staying focused on one task could be the biggest challenge in the digital era. Tony Schwartz, CEO of The Energy Project and author of The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, believes these six simple steps are the first steps to taking back control of our attention—and our lives.