Self-Awareness

When’s the last time you took time away from the day-to-day to work on something that matters to you? If you find it hard to do this, here are five things you can do to create the time and mind space to step away from the daily grind to invest in yourself.

When you’re overeager and say “yes” to everything, you can end up taking on too much and taking on the wrong things. These three essential skills protect your time and energy so you can advance in your career and have a great life too.

It’s tempting to focus on results. After all, we tend to get recognized and rewarded based on the results we produce. But, it can be counterproductive or downright bad for you when you focus primarily on the result.

Caring too much about a result can be as detrimental to progress as not caring at all. Here are three ways that caring too much can show up as a liability and what you can do about it.

We all need help at times but needing to ask for help can often feel embarrassing and even humiliating. If you find it hard to ask for help, discover when you need to ask for help and how to make it easier.

We all have a chip on our shoulder about something. The problem is that other people can see it even when you don’t and this can hurt you. When a question or comment puts you on the defensive, here’s how can you manage it better.

We all have limiting beliefs that keep us playing small, but it doesn’t have to be that way. If you can recognize that limiting beliefs are just thoughts that you’ve given authority to, you can free yourself up to accomplish more. These five steps can help you.

If I had to pick one skill that has helped me be a more successful leader, colleague and family member, it would be listening. The benefits of being a great listener are huge. But, unfortunately, most people don’t listen well.

Without the generations of mothers who have come before us, we wouldn’t be who we are today. On this Mother’s Day, I’d like to pass on three lessons I’ve learned from the mothers in my life so that they may help you too.

In my personal quest for productivity, I’ve tried many tips, tools, strategies and apps. Some have stuck but most have not. The good news is I’ve found a few that have stood the test of time. Here are three strategies that are helping me most.

Have you ever said or done something without thinking and then regretted it? Recently, I had one of those moments. This is what I did to recover and turn something bad into something good.

I recently faced a setback. A project I was working on was nowhere near hitting our targets and time was running out. I almost gave in to wallowing in self-pity and feeling sorry for myself, but I didn’t. Instead, I did something else and it felt satisfying.