Emotions & Feelings @ Work

As a child I was admonished to be respectful and take care not to hurt other people’s feelings. In general, that’s OK advice. Regardless, I have found it…

When alpha dogs collide you see raising of hackles and you hear snarls & barks...then comes the gnashing of teeth and to-and-fro attacks...much noise, much…

Gut Feel: that's when you have a very strong feeling that isn't backed by logic...like an instinct...a special gift arriving as an insight or intuition…

A couple of years ago I wrote an article titled, We are too tolerant of conflict! Now, I’d like to re-title that article, “We are too tolerant of bad…

Above and beyond everything else, Courage is the mind state that promotes positive mental attitude. Like every other mind state, with focused and persistent…

Good to Great ? & Big Hair Audacious Goals ? You gotta learn how to tune strings before you can become a rock star!

When we react to errors in inappropriate ways, sometimes we get caught in a whirlpool of compounding errors. We cannot let that happen. We cannot take our…

Strong people tend to measure their progress: strong people enjoy adding their own weights. No strong person will tolerate people who 'just keep adding…

Hope is a wonderful ‘background mindset’, For example, hope either inspires or opens the mind to accept inspiration. Hope is not a strategy but it is an…

Over the last few years, I have written and talked about the communication problems that happen when business leaders use words like Passion and Integrity to…

Values are concepts covering things important and admirable to us (our minds). Values are our perceptions of intrinsically valuable or desirable ways of…

Simon Sinek wrote, “Trust is like love. Both parties have to feel it before it really exists.” I read Simon’s ‘daily inspiration messages’ and from time to…

While you may feel cuddled or inspired while you deliver messages about integrity and workplace passion you will regularly miss the mark if you assume others…

How many times does your gut have to jolt you before you stop and think about what’s going on and determine what, if anything, you should do in response to…

Fire when the cost of presence exceeds its value: that's on the self-serving end of things [...and that is one of the ends] Fire when bad habits violate…

Competition is a wonderful thing. And, competition has its limitations. If you (or your ego) approach life as if it's a series of competitive interactions…

Have you noticed when you truly believe something will happen you become calmer and have a greater clarity of focus? Have you noticed when you truly believe…

Hairy means covered in hair. Audacious at best means taking surprisingly bold risks and at worst being impudent and disrespectful . It seems some people buy…

Why do we fear the loss of other people? Why are we sad when people leave us?

When people say “ passion in the workplace ”: What does that mean to you? What does that mean to them? It seems the ‘ motivational gurus ’ cannot break the…

Things are rarely as bad as they seem - things are rarely as good as they seem. Time seems to iron out our emotional highs and lows, healing old wounds and…

There's value in silence and stillness. I suppose I never really grasped that until I read the words of North American Indians , gained an understanding of…

Some situations seem to be beyond our control. In fact, some situations are beyond our control. Other situations just appear to be beyond our control…

Google studied teamwork and determined a very important factor was 'to be nice'. Overall, that makes common sense... I mean - isn't that what our mothers…

In recent conversations, it became clear to me that many people believe other people favour taking action over thinking about strategy. This viewpoint has…

Patience is a virtue. At least, there's a saying with that direction. Virtue or no virtue, patience does hold some advantages over its opposite - impatience…

There's a sweet spot where your thoughts & actions, your talents & strengths, and your values & virtues align and overlap. This sweet spot is the place where…

When the going gets tough... When you are all stressed out because the work ahead looks so daunting... When your spirit is weakened... ...review your key…

Values and talents make a powerful mix when combined with goals and persistence. To put this in perspective: there's an important linkage between personal…

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