Monthly Archives: March 2008

Productivite Calendars

The Key to Productivity: Schedule Calibration

Do you know when to stop? With thousands of articles about combating procrastination, I’ve seen few that deal with the reciprocal problem: not knowing when to stop working. Surprisingly I believe both procrastination and working until exhaustion are symptoms of … Continue reading

Bully

Courage Under Fire: Facing Up to the School Bully

Note: this is a follow-up the last week’s article, 3 Words That Forever Changed a Deaf Boy’s Life. After hearing those three words, life as I knew it was never the same. It put me directly in the path of … Continue reading

mechanical thinking

A Guide to Awakening a Robotic Mind

There seems to be an increasing trend towards what I call “robotic” (or “mechanical”) thinking. This is a type of thinking that leads people to jump to conclusions, make claims to universal truth, and depend upon simplistic explanations of complex realities.
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Spirituality

Spirituality for Dummies

When many people think of spirituality their minds automatically go to religion. This is not, however, an entirely accurate understanding of what spirituality is. Having spirituality simply means believing in something greater than yourself. It can be incredibly powerful to … Continue reading

Shy Person's Guide

The Shy Person’s Guide to Talking to Strangers

One of the easiest ways to improve your networking ability and invigorate your social life is to develop the skill of talking to strangers.

We’re trained as children to fear strangers (which is good for safety reasons) but most people carry this fear into adulthood where it does more harm than good. It becomes a constraint on the number of people you can meet and interact with. You get stuck in a box, only open to creating new relationships through people you already know. Continue reading

working from home

Don’t Let Your Family Affect Your Work

If you work from home, you’ll understand what I mean when I say “don’t let your family affect your work”. We love our family members, there is no doubt about that. Consequently, their smallest actions sometimes leave behind prolonged shadows. … Continue reading