The One Word Responsible for My — and Your — Success
Whatever it is that you want to do, change, or achieve, someone else before you has done it, often starting from circumstances worse than yours. Success starts with preparation and planning to avoid the wrong people, environments, and habits. Then you need to connect with the right people, environments, and…
READ MORE5 Playful Ways to Relieve Summer Anxiety
There are so many fun things that springtime ushers in… a lot of sunny days, which means pool time, BBQs, and sporting activities to rival even the busiest of social calendars. But for many, summer triggers anxiety. It becomes a reminder of all the goals they have not accomplished since…
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What Is Your Philosophy Of Life? What Is Sacred to You? Here Is Mine
“One day I was in solitary confinement and then just a few years later I was having dinner with the President.” I listened. Tommy told me his story. Being set up. Going to jail. Not “ratting out” another person in exchange for an easy prison stay. Then being head of…
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Do a Full Day’s Work in 90 Minutes
The typical American office worker only does about 90 minutes of real work per workday. The rest of each workday is largely spent on distractions like reading the news, Web surfing, socializing with coworkers, snacking, taking coffee breaks, shuffling papers around, processing irrelevant emails, needless delay tactics, playing games, and…
READ MOREBest Booty 101: (Glutes Exercises! )
It’s official. Big, shapely booties are totally in style and rather than fight the tide, it’s the perfect time to let your curves shine with these best booty glutes exercises! (*Note: This is not a “fix yourself to fit in with the trends” article; it’s an “empower and embrace your…
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Why Creating Content Trumps Face-to-Face Meetings
On a recent Halloween, Caitlin Seida dressed up as Lara Croft, one of her favorite video game characters. Later that night, she posted a photo of herself to Facebook. She thought nothing of it. Little did she know that while she was asleep the photo was spreading across the Internet.…
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Weight: What the Number on the Scale Says About You
For the past 4 weeks straight one of my coaching clients has exercised diligently, cut out sugar 98% of the time and eaten a healthy Paleo diet consistently that we developed for her lifestyle. She’s even incorporated yoga to relieve stress and help balance her proclivity for intense workouts. In…
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How Other People REALLY See You, According to Science
I read something interesting today. It was an article in The Washington Post called How to Tell If Other People Think You Are Hot, According to Science. I know what you’re probably thinking, “Was this before or after you finished reading Cosmo?” Here’s the thing, the article was great and I learned two new things I…
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American (Not-So) Psycho Morning Routines
“There’s an idea of Patrick Bateman…” If you’ve read Bret Easton Ellis’ book American Psycho or seen the movie, then you probably remember the intro scene where Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) talks you through his detailed morning routine. If you haven’t seen it, here’s a 2-minute clip (warning: explicit). I was recently reminded of…
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What Good Listeners Do Differently
When I was a young child, we sometimes played a game called “Whisper Down the Lane.” Five or six of us would sit in a row, and the first person would make up something and whisper it into the ear of the next person. The story would then be passed…
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How to Tackle Problems Head On (4 Steps)
We are, all of us, amazing at avoiding things. Our minds are less “thinking machines” than they are “avoiding machines.” And the incredible thing is that we aren’t even usually aware that we’re avoiding thinking about something. I’ll give you a few examples: Right now you’re reading this article but…
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The Dark Side of Mindfulness
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. “You should really try to be LESS mindful. Your clients and co-workers will appreciate it.” I’m guessing you haven’t heard this before because most people will tell you the opposite is true. They’ll say, “You should practice being more mindful, research says this…”…
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