In his recent book First Serve Yourself, Vik Kapoor curates a variety of concepts and strategies to facilitate self-coaching. One of the strategies is Tim Ferriss’s “fear setting” process, which is based on the stoic philosophy “premeditation of fears”. This philosophy reflects on our fears and find ways to mitigate risk by exploring those fears from different angles. The process takes five to thirty minutes. Learn how!
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@Cudenverombuds Lisa Neale writes about dignity – how we can violate or stand up for other people’s dignity – and the benefits of standing up for others. #dignity
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It’s that season again, where confusion abounds, anxiety is high, and frustration is available to all! Nope, not talking about spring…it’s performance evaluation season (cue the applause and jubilation)! In a recent survey I conducted with a school on campus, here were some of the descriptors about performance evaluations: ‘waste of time,’ ‘doesn’t help me
Are you empowered to voice and act on your values? Learn how the book Giving Voice to Values leverages your personal strengths in dealing with ethical challenges. #voicingvalues #ethicseducation #confidentconversation #staytruetovalues #BookReview
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Stress Resilience. As our office contemplates its annual report and gathers themes to present to the university community, this term cycles through my mind. It is a new term for me. I recently discovered it while reading the New York Times Bestseller, “Lasting Happiness In a Changing World, The Book of Joy” by Dalai Lama
In her book Taking the War Out of Our Words: The Art of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication, Sharon Strand Ellison shows us how to use non-defensive communication and end the power struggle by asking questions, making statements and predicting consequences in an open, sincere way without trying to control how other people respond. When we do
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Sharon Strand Ellison’s, Taking the War Out of Our Words: The Art of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication gives new meaning to the old adage “you catch more bees with honey than with vinegar”. Ellison describes communication in the United States of America as combative. Our everyday conversations have turned into power struggles resulting in defensive reactions:
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Opening with a deeply personal story of near-regret, one which brought author Greg McKeown to question, obsess, and quest after an “essentialist” transformation, his self-help book titled Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, is written to empower readers to perform to their fullest potential at their highest levels of contribution to the benefit of their
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