Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. - W. Clement Stone
Learning to say no can often be a key component to maintaining balance and relieving stress in your life. [...]
On Thursday my co-host Kathleen Kingsbury and I had the opportunity to interview Lisa Peterson, Founder of Lantern Financial in Boston, MA for our online radio program Breaking the Glass Slipper. Lisa provided many great tips for couples to communicate more effectively about money, highlighting her new service: Harmoney: Pre-Marital Financial Counseling.
When asked [...]
Communication, when not clear can hurt us. We’re not heard and we become frustrated. Whether you’re talking to your partner, spouse, kids, boss or fellow co-workers communication or lack thereof is one of the most popular stressors these days. When communication is effective and positive it can be one of the best stress relievers I [...]
Saying no is one of the best ways I know to 1) free up time and 2) build confidence.
When was the last time you said no? To your kids, your spouse, your boss, or your friends? Having a hard time remembering? For me and so many people I know, saying no is [...]
Public speaking is a huge stressor for me and many people I know. As often as I do it, my palms still get sweaty, my heart races, and my breath gets short. I have to remember to slow things down. Part of it is my nature, part of it is that I [...]
According to dictionary.com fear is “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined.”
The last line is what gets me “real or imagined”.
I live in fear - fear of failure, fear of not succeeding in business, fear of whatever I’m thinking. I’m working on it. [...]
“The most important words we will ever utter are those words we say to ourselves, about ourselves, when we’re by ourselves.” - Al Walker, Contemporary Motivational Humorist.
I know I suffer from negative self talk. As an entrepreneur I sometimes find myself questioning my ability to succeed, my skills as a public speaker, or writer. [...]
I’ve been a member of Toastmasters for more than 2 years and it has helped me in more ways than I imagined when I first joined. Being a member of Toastmasters has provided me with the following:
Improved meeting management skills
Improved Leadership Skills (I served as Quincy Toastmasters club president last year)
Improved public speaking [...]
We communicate every day and there is no way to escape it. At what point in our lives did it become so difficult? I certainly don’t have the answer to that and for me I know it goes back to developmental years and the way I was communicated to by parents, teachers, family members and [...]
I recently posted about the importance of effective communication for healthy living and mentioned three levels or categories that I believe people fall into:
Communication Hibernation - Denying the need for communication and “keep quiet”
Communication Frustration - You think you’re point is clear but you’re not being understood.
Communication Appreciation – When you speak clearly and you’re [...]
