Tag: Confidence

Assertiveness: The Key to Building Mutual Respect

Written by on October 9, 2017 in Accountability, Emotional Mastery with 18 Comments
Assertiveness: The Key to Building Mutual Respect

Your habitually late friend has yet again left you waiting and ruined plans for the evening. It’s frustrating and hurtful, but you’ve given up trying to fix your friend so you suck it up and let it go. Your mother volunteers you to help with a fundraiser at church. You are already up to your […]

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The Easy Part is Knowing What to Do. The Hard Part is Doing It

Written by on July 17, 2017 in Breaking Barriers, Self-Awareness with 40 Comments
The Easy Part is Knowing What to Do. The Hard Part is Doing It

~ Obtaining knowledge, finding out what you need to do to accomplish a goal, is available in every form imaginable if you’re willing to do a little research. The fact is, knowing has become the easy part; the hard part is accomplishing something with that knowledge. Knowledge is potential power. It becomes power only when, […]

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Overcoming Our Inability to Say “No”

Written by on May 15, 2017 in Breaking Barriers, Self-Care with 49 Comments
Overcoming Our Inability to Say “No”

~ Do you dread having to say no, even when you really want to? Have you ever made false or elaborate excuses or ignored a request hoping that the whole thing will just go away or that somehow the other person will get the message? While it is true that those who lean toward being […]

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The Problem of Settling for “Good Enough”

Written by on May 1, 2017 in Accountability, Self-Awareness with 24 Comments
The Problem of Settling for “Good Enough”

~ Change is a constant theme in life. We set goals and pick inspiring words and themes to guide us through yet another year of striving to grow on our journey to become the person we believe we were meant to be. But as time passes, we may begin to doubt our dreams or simply […]

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Reflections on the Connection Between Attitude and Aging

Written by on April 24, 2017 in Breaking Barriers with 20 Comments
Reflections on the Connection Between Attitude and Aging

~ How young do you feel? With age, we mature into adults who somehow manage to maintain sanity while juggling work, commitment overload, relationships, and task lists that have a way of taking on a life of their own. But maturing does not mandate growing old mentally or emotionally, in fact, it is possible to […]

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Maybe We Shouldn’t Be So Quick to Reveal Our Dreams

Written by on April 11, 2017 in Accountability, Self-Awareness with 41 Comments
Maybe We Shouldn’t Be So Quick to Reveal Our Dreams

~ Advice on how to achieve your goals will naturally vary depending on what you’re hoping to accomplish, but the one step that nearly everyone recommends is that you share them with others. After all, what’s not to like about the notion of being surrounded by enthusiastic supporters who believe in you and stand ready […]

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